LessonsDefining Literal Usage: Linguistic Assignment and Speech ConventionQuiz

الكلمة المستعملة فيما وضعت تلك الكلمة له في اصطلاح التخاطب
A word used for the meaning assigned to that word within the convention relevant to the conversation.

The definition has three elements: actual use, an assigned meaning, and the convention of discourse. Omitting any one of them blurs the distinction between literal use, figurative use, error, and an expression that has not been used at all.

Ḥaqīqah does not mean that a word merely sounds familiar. It describes the relation between an actual occurrence and its recognized lexical or technical assignment in a particular communicative setting.

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The technical definition of ḥaqīqah

Defining Literal Usage: Linguistic Assignment and Speech Convention

الكلمة المستعملة فيما وضعت تلك الكلمة له في اصطلاح التخاطب
A word used for the meaning assigned to that word within the convention relevant to the conversation.

The definition has three elements: actual use, an assigned meaning, and the convention of discourse. Omitting any one of them blurs the distinction between literal use, figurative use, error, and an expression that has not been used at all.

Ḥaqīqah does not mean that a word merely sounds familiar. It describes the relation between an actual occurrence and its recognized lexical or technical assignment in a particular communicative setting.