Linguistic majaz occurs when a word is used with a sense different from its assigned meaning. It is the immediate topic of this chapter’s opening discussion.
In rational or predicative majaz (majaz 'aqli), the shift principally concerns attribution: an act can be ascribed to a cause or associated entity rather than the actual agent, even though the individual words retain their senses.
Here we study transfers of word meaning, beginning with the form based on resemblance: isti'ara.
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Majaz and Istiara: Literal Meaning, Relationship, Contextual Evidence, and Types of Metaphor
Linguistic majaz occurs when a word is used with a sense different from its assigned meaning. It is the immediate topic of this chapter’s opening discussion.
In rational or predicative majaz (majaz 'aqli), the shift principally concerns attribution: an act can be ascribed to a cause or associated entity rather than the actual agent, even though the individual words retain their senses.
Here we study transfers of word meaning, beginning with the form based on resemblance: isti'ara.