Taʿrīḍ, Talwīḥ, Ramz, Īmāʾ and Ishārah; the Rhetorical Force of Figurative Speech
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- What distinguishes kināyah concerning an attribute from talwīḥ?
- Why is the description “tatafāwat” appropriate?
- What is the most decisive question in identifying taʿrīḍ?
- Why is “abundant ash” both attribute-allusion and talwīḥ?
- In “timid dog,” what does the animal’s familiarity indicate?
- Which intermediate relation matters in “lean young camel”?
- Which combination defines ramz?
- Why does “broad nape” illustrate ramz?
- What mode fits a short, clear association?
- What is the intended point of “Honor unloaded its baggage among the family of Ṭalḥah”?
- What most sharply distinguishes talwīḥ from ramz?
- Which scenario best illustrates taʿrīḍ?
- When can “You harmed me; you will know” be figurative?
- What reading suits the same address when both the overt and secondary targets are intended?
- What decides whether taʿrīḍ is figurative or allusive?
- In what sense may majāz and kināyah be more forceful?
- How does “abundant ash” resemble an assertion supported by an indication?
- Where is the extra force in “I saw a lion” used for a brave man?
- What distinguishes representative metaphor from explicit simile?
- Which reading of “more eloquent” matches the source’s analysis?
- Which three principal subjects form the conclusion of bayān?
- How can kināyah concerning attribution and īmāʾ coexist?
- Which is the central distinction between kināyah and majāz?
- Why should one avoid imposing an unsupported fixed meaning on “broad pillow”?
- How should the “claim accompanied by evidence” comparison be understood?
- Why would a two-step but clear allusion not be ramz merely for having few links?
- What rhetorical advantage may kināyah have over explicit statement?
- Why may “I saw a lion” be stronger than “a brave man is equal to a lion”?
- Which description is best when both addressees are intended?
- What discipline follows at the end of this volume’s bayān section?
- Talwīḥ involves multiple inferential links to the target.
- Both ramz and īmāʾ may have few links, but ramz has an obscure connection.
- Taʿrīḍ is always majāz and can never be kināyah.
- When “I saw a lion” means a brave man, it adds emphasis, not literal animal transformation.
- An utterance may be kināyah concerning an attribute and also talwīḥ.