Work through each example in the same order:
Question 1: What exactly is the indicator?
Question 2: Is it an uttered word? If yes, verbal; otherwise, nonverbal.
Question 3: Why does it indicate? Assigned meaning = conventional; natural expression = natural; inferred connection = rational.
Example: hearing “Zayd” from behind a curtain and inferring a speaker. The sign is an utterance and the link to a speaker is rational, so this is verbal-rational indication.
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A three-question classification method
Dalālah, Waḍʿ and the Six Types of Indication
Work through each example in the same order:
Question 1: What exactly is the indicator?
Question 2: Is it an uttered word? If yes, verbal; otherwise, nonverbal.
Question 3: Why does it indicate? Assigned meaning = conventional; natural expression = natural; inferred connection = rational.
Example: hearing “Zayd” from behind a curtain and inferring a speaker. The sign is an utterance and the link to a speaker is rational, so this is verbal-rational indication.