LessonsDefining Majāz: Conditions, Indication, and Classification by ConventionQuiz

For any new example, apply each question in order:
1. What word is actually being used?
2. Which convention governs the discourse?
3. What sense is assigned within it?
4. Which different sense is intended?
5. What admissible semantic relationship connects the senses?
6. Which indicator rules out the assigned sense?

If no alternate sense is intended, the usage may be literal. Without a relation, it may be erroneous. Without a blocking indicator, the possibility of kināyah or unresolved ambiguity must be investigated. Each clause therefore has real analytical work to do.

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Defining Majāz: Conditions, Indication, and Classification by Convention

For any new example, apply each question in order:
1. What word is actually being used?
2. Which convention governs the discourse?
3. What sense is assigned within it?
4. Which different sense is intended?
5. What admissible semantic relationship connects the senses?
6. Which indicator rules out the assigned sense?

If no alternate sense is intended, the usage may be literal. Without a relation, it may be erroneous. Without a blocking indicator, the possibility of kināyah or unresolved ambiguity must be investigated. Each clause therefore has real analytical work to do.