What most sharply distinguishes talwīḥ from ramz?
Taʿrīḍ, Talwīḥ, Ramz, Īmāʾ and Ishārah; the Rhetorical Force of Figurative Speech
- Talwīḥ always targets a quality and ramz always a referent
- Talwīḥ has many links; ramz few links with an obscure relation
- Talwīḥ always changes the addressee but ramz never does
- Talwīḥ forbids the literal meaning; ramz requires it