Mistake 1: Calling the written form of “Zayd” verbal merely because it spells a name. In the book's example the indicator is graphic marks, so it is classified as nonverbal-conventional.
Mistake 2: Calling every sound verbal. A horse's neigh is not an uttered human word and is treated as nonverbal-natural.
Mistake 3: Treating every meaningful sound as conventional. The book explains a pain exclamation through natural disposition.
Mistake 4: Equating smoke indicating fire with the word “fire” denoting its meaning; the former is nonverbal-rational, the latter verbal-conventional.
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Dalālah, Waḍʿ and the Six Types of Indication
Mistake 1: Calling the written form of “Zayd” verbal merely because it spells a name. In the book's example the indicator is graphic marks, so it is classified as nonverbal-conventional.
Mistake 2: Calling every sound verbal. A horse's neigh is not an uttered human word and is treated as nonverbal-natural.
Mistake 3: Treating every meaningful sound as conventional. The book explains a pain exclamation through natural disposition.
Mistake 4: Equating smoke indicating fire with the word “fire” denoting its meaning; the former is nonverbal-rational, the latter verbal-conventional.