«الإيهام: إيراد الكلام محتملاً لوجهين متضادَّين»
Iham presents wording capable of two opposed interpretations.
Depending on its setting, an utterance might be understood as praise or blame, blessing or imprecation. Tawriyah focuses on a word’s near and remote senses, whereas iham stresses the competing overall evaluations licensed by a phrase.
Both exploit interpretive possibility, but the source of ambiguity differs.
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Ilm al-Badiʿ: The First Nine Semantic Rhetorical Devices
«الإيهام: إيراد الكلام محتملاً لوجهين متضادَّين»
Iham presents wording capable of two opposed interpretations.
Depending on its setting, an utterance might be understood as praise or blame, blessing or imprecation. Tawriyah focuses on a word’s near and remote senses, whereas iham stresses the competing overall evaluations licensed by a phrase.
Both exploit interpretive possibility, but the source of ambiguity differs.