LessonsDefining Majāz: Conditions, Indication, and Classification by ConventionQuiz

في اصطلاح التخاطب
Within the convention applicable to the conversation.

A word may have an ordinary lexical sense and other established meanings in religious or professional discourse. Figurative status cannot be judged without identifying the register shared by speaker and audience.

Ṣalāh is conventionally assigned to ritual prayer in religious discourse. When that discourse uses it for supplication, the occurrence can be figurative relative to the technical religious assignment, even though “supplication” is recognized in ordinary Arabic. The same occurrence may receive different analyses relative to different conventions.

Opening interactive controls...

Figurative status depends on the governing convention

Defining Majāz: Conditions, Indication, and Classification by Convention

في اصطلاح التخاطب
Within the convention applicable to the conversation.

A word may have an ordinary lexical sense and other established meanings in religious or professional discourse. Figurative status cannot be judged without identifying the register shared by speaker and audience.

Ṣalāh is conventionally assigned to ritual prayer in religious discourse. When that discourse uses it for supplication, the occurrence can be figurative relative to the technical religious assignment, even though “supplication” is recognized in ordinary Arabic. The same occurrence may receive different analyses relative to different conventions.