The general function of a jāmiʿ is to make two distinct judgments fit a common discourse. A rational link makes a conceptual relation clear; an estimative link may bring a particular contrast immediately to mind; an imaginative link recalls images associated before.
It is not enough to say that the objects are 'somehow related.' Analysis must show why the particular relation in this context makes coordination intelligible to the audience.
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Refining the Jāmiʿ and the Conditions of Elegant Coordination
The general function of a jāmiʿ is to make two distinct judgments fit a common discourse. A rational link makes a conceptual relation clear; an estimative link may bring a particular contrast immediately to mind; an imaginative link recalls images associated before.
It is not enough to say that the objects are 'somehow related.' Analysis must show why the particular relation in this context makes coordination intelligible to the audience.