Re-thinking Jihād: A Semantic Analysis of the Qurʾanic Vocabulary

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Siddiq Ali Chishti
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Physical Fighting ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
The 1960S

This article questions the popular equation between “jihad” and “warfare,” and concludes that the term jihad in the Qurʾan does not exclusively relate to warfare or physical fighting, but instead provides a wider and more inclusive sense of meaning. This broader sense is not only based on its literal roots and lexical meaning(s), but is also supported within Qurʾanic passages mentioning jihad and its related terms. An important methodological impetus in this endeavor is the semantic analyses of Qurʾanic vocabulary developed by Toshihiko Izutsu in the 1960s.

scholarly journals THE MEANING OF SEMANTIC ANALYSIS WITHIN SONG’S LYRICS “A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS” ALBUM BY COLDPLAY

Lire Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Lilis Sholihah
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Human Social Life

This research is intended to analyze the meanings of semantic and moral values found in songs lyrics in the album by Coldplay. The result of this research is expected to be valuable research in enlarging the knowledge of semantics field especially in analysis of song. In this case the meanings and moral values found in the Coldplay’s Album songs lyrics. In this case, the researcher collects the data in following steps. Firstly, collecting the script of song lyrics taken from the internet. Secondly, assembling data from the sources. Thirdly, reading all the data sources. Lastly, classifying the lyric based on the lexical meaning and moral values and classified them according to the research focus. After analyzing the data, the lexical terms found in this song contains 6 denotations, 5 connotations, 1 ambiguity, 10 antonyms and 11 synonyms. Furthermore, there are many kinds of figurative languages found in some lyrics of the song such as simile, hyperbole, personification, symbol, metaphor, apostrophe, synecdoche, paradox and antithesis, etc. Specifically, the figurative language which found in lyrics a head full of dreams album , there are 1 metaphor, 2 similes, 2 symbol, 2 hyperboles and 1 irony. Then, the five song lyrics in a head full of dreams album by Coldplay tell us about human social life which contained about love, sadness, happiness, spirit and adventure of life.

Plotand Event-Driven Functions of Perfect Verbs in a Fiction Text

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Elena A. Bazhenova ◽  
◽  
Ekaterina E. Dymont ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Internal State ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Perfect State ◽  
Mental Action ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Subordinate Clauses ◽  
Event Driven ◽  
Inner World

The article examines the role of Russian perfect verbs in text formation. Based on the texts of modern Russian writers (S. Vasilenko, D. Granin, E. Limonov, V. Pelevin, T. Tolstaya, V. Tokareva, L. Ulitskaya), the functions of the verb forms with perfect meaning in the plot organization of a fiction text are considered. The principal attention is paid to the analysis of the functions of 1) regression of the narrative, 2) progress of the narrative with a pause in the external environment or in the inner world of the character, 3) pause in the narrative. Narrative regression is interpreted as a reference to the past, progress as a perspective of the narrative, and pause as a fixation of the state of the environment or the internal state of the character. It has been established that these functions are realized within the framework of a perfect situation as a functional-semantic field. The nucleus of the field is a perfect verb or passive past participles; the periphery of the field is formed by multi-level language units that actualize the perfect meaning in the context. It has been revealed that the perfect situation has a complex semantic structure, in which three components are holistically represented: pre-perfect state, action, and post-perfect state. This structure allows expressing different types of links: between the temporal plans of the text, between the cause of an event and the consequent state of the event, between a mental action and the object of this action. In a fiction text, each component of syncretic perfect semantics can become a basis for the plot situation. It has been shown that plot- and event-driven functions of perfect verbs are determined by the position of the verb in the complex syntactic whole, by interaction with other predicates, by the syntactic structure, and by the lexical meaning of the verb. In particular, it has been established that the function of regression of the narrative is represented by perfect verbs as a part of complex sentences with temporal, causal, and deliberative subordinate clauses. The function of progress of the narrative with a pause in the external environment is performed by perfect verbs inside a complex syntactic whole. This function may also be realized on the border of two complex syntactic wholes. Progress of the narrative with a pause in the inner world of the character is expressed by mental verbs (ponyal, dogadalsya, osoznal, pochuvstvoval, reshil, etc.). A pause in the narrative is typically expressed by passive past participles. The contextual and semantic analysis of perfect situations allows concluding that perfect verbs have an impact on encoding and decoding of the meaning of the fiction text.

scholarly journals Analisis Semantis Idiom Bahasa Jepang yang Menggunakan Leksem Mata

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Luthfi Nur Utari ◽  
Ely Triasih Rahayu ◽  
Hartati Hartati
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Data Source ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Idiomatic Meaning ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The research entitled Semantic Analysis of Japanese Idiom Using Eye Lexem, aims to 1) describe the lexical meaning behind the forming element of Japanese language idioms using eye lexem 2) describe the idiomatic meaning behind the forming element of the Japanese language idioms using eye lexem. The research belong to descriptive qualitative especially using reading and noting method. The result shows that there are 25 eye lexeme idioms, among other things 7 idioms belong to sentiment, 2 of them belong to characters, 12 of them belong to the action and behavior, and 4 of them belong to the value and degrees. Based on the results according to the data source, there are no idioms stating the culture of society. However, it can be concluded that the Japanese idioms using eye lexem are still frequently used.

scholarly journals Lexical semantics of the verbs denoting debate in english

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
Natalia Skrytska ◽  
Tetyana Nykyforuk
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
English Language ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Lexical Semantics ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Methods Of Analysis ◽  
Language Research

The semantic meaning of verbs to denote controversy is culturally justified language, habits and traditions of people. The analysis of verbs for designating disputes is based on a formalized method of lexical and semantic analysis. This method explores semes, combined into lexical units, as well as connections.between them. The relevance of the study lies in the need to form new semes, as well as to determine verbs of the highest and highest degrees of polysemy, the study of monosemantic series of the lexical meaning of verbs to denote disputes in English. The purpose of the article is to study the semantics of verbs to denote the manifestation of disputes in the English language. Research methods: descriptive, analytical, methods of analysis andsynthesis. Conclusions. As a result of the research, the lexical and semantic features of verbs for designating disputes in English have been identified.

scholarly journals SEMANTIC ANALYSIS ON JAPANESE IDIOM WHICH LEXEM HAND

IZUMI ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Fitria Ita
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Figurative Meaning ◽  
Idiomatic Meaning ◽  
Negative Form

This research is aimed to explain relation of lexical meaning and figurative meaning on Japanese idiom which use part of body`s hand as well as to find out the change meaning of hand on Japanese idiom. The conclusion of the semantic analysis on Japanese idiom which use part of body`s hand is: (1) Japanese idiom have two syntaxes that is positive verb and negative form. (2)  te + ga + Adj.  structure syntaxes`s idiom doesn`t have negative form. (3)   one idiom possibly have different meaning (4) idiomatic meaning can be find out when right substance with left substance have compared.

Adult Performance in Naming Spatial Dimensions of Objects

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Galeote Moreno ◽  
Herminia Peraita Adrados ◽  
Elena Checa Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Adult Behavior ◽  
Adult Performance ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
Adult Model ◽  
Spatial Terms ◽  
Developmental Psycholinguistics

Most work on acquisition of lexical meaning in developmental psycholinguistics is based on the idea of the relevance of the adult model, which is generally described in relation to certain theoretical semantic analyses. Up to the present, adult behavior itself has not been examined and its validity as a model for children has been taken for granted. This paper analyzes the knowledge of spatial terms, namely dimensional terms, shown by a group of 20 adults. The results show that the adult subjects used in our study - supposedly linguistically competent - committed errors, significantly varying their strategies for naming dimensions from one case to another, and showing a lack of consistency between them. The results are discussed in terms of assumed theoretical validity with regard to theoretical semantic analysis, as well as the methods of research about the acquisition of lexical meaning.

scholarly journals Categories of the general, special and individual in criminal law: semantic analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Egor Alekseevich Kulikov
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Scientific Content ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Language Characteristic

The subject of this research is the patterns of interaction between the categories of subjective dialectics and the fundamental concepts of the Russian criminal law. Criminal Law relies on the language structures, thus the article is dedicated to the linguistic aspects of the categories of general, special and individual. Certain attention is given to the analytical philosophy and analytical jurisprudence. The linguistic turn in gnoseology and epistemology of the middle of the XX century pointed out the linguistic aspects of various texts and justified the need for its research, since language and communication comprise the framework of human interaction, as well as determine the content and development of social relations. A substantial number of research, including on criminal law, are dedicated to the language of law and legislative linguistic systematics. The article explores the lexical meaning of the words “general”, “individual”, “particular” "separate", “separate”, “isolate”, “generalize”, and reveals their content from the perspective of etymology, word formation, and synonymy. Emphasis is also placed on the meaning of target terms in the social sphere. The question on the categories of dialectics in criminal law is raised very rarely; the indicated categories of the general, special and individual are virtually unstudied. Through the prism of linguistics, these categories cannot always be distinguished from each other, but rather overlap in content. Therefore, a single semantic characteristic is insufficient for determining their legal aspects, i.e. manifestations in the sphere of jurisprudence; it can only be considered as a stage of research. Semantic aspects of the categories set benchmarks for clarification of their philosophical and special scientific content, interpret possible variants of linguistic usage, and define its boundaries. Language characteristic helps to determine the research scope, in other words, demarcate it from the cognate concepts and terms at the initial stage of research. In the process of interpretation of criminal law, the leading methods are lexical and systemic, which allows most accurately grasp the essence of legal instructions.

scholarly journals PENCEMARAN NAMA BAIK: KAJIAN LINGUISTIK FORENSIK

Paramasastra ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mintowati Mintowati
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Lexical Semantics ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
Legal Sanction ◽  
Pragmatic Analysis ◽  
Points Of View

This paper aims to discuss lingual data of defamation cases based on analysis, lexical semantics, grammatical semantics, and pragmatic analysis (speech acts) which are part of linguistic forensic studies. From the lingual data on defamation that has been analyzed based on the three points of view, the following findings are obtained: (1) based on the lexical semantic analysis found the lexical meaning / meaning of word denotation; (2) based on the grammatical semantic analysis, the meaning of phrases, sentences, and discourse in accordance with the intended by the speaker; (3) there are speech acts of illocution and expressive perlokusi, both from speakers and partners said. Based on the results of the analysis it can be concluded that a speech is classified as defamation and this can be utilized by the investigator as one of the basis for the preparation of the investigation event (BAP) as well as the decision making for the legal sanction for the defamation perpetrator

scholarly journals The Ancient Greek adjective: semantic and grammatical features

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Syntactic Features ◽  
General Meaning ◽  
Genus Number

The article reveals the essence of an Ancient Greek adjective as a separate part of speech. Thus, the substantive nature of an adjective was examined, including the historical process of its separation as an independent part of speech, with a consequent emphasis on the inseparability of adjectives and nouns by external signs in Ancient Greek. The analysis of the Greek adjectives was made on the grounds of their semantics, morphological features, syntactic functions. The semantic analysis was based on the studying of such concepts as the categorial, word-building and lexical meaning. The categorial meaning is the attribution of an adjective. The smaller semantic-grammatical groups (qualitative, relative and possessive adjectives) were learnt with regard to word formation and lexical motivation. Word-building and lexical meanings were studied basing on the division of adjectives into primary units and derivatives. The meaning of a derivative is interpreted both: due to the analysis of its structure (paying a special attention to the compound units, which are mainly formed on the basis of word combinations), and due as to the relation (strong, weak, metaphorical) of the general meaning of a derivative with the meaning of its components. The word-formation meaning of such units, therefore, is syntagmatic. Their lexical semantics depend also on the context. The basic morphological categories of genus, number and case of a Greek adjective simultaneously indicates its semantic dependence on a noun. The category of degrees of comparison was analyzed on terms of morphological means and such syntactic features as left/right-side valence. The main primary (an attribute) and the secondary (as a predicative) syntactic adjective functions are equally realized in preposition or postposition to the noun in Ancient Greek.

scholarly journals The Semantics of Purity in the Ancient Near East: Lexical Meaning as a Projection of Embodied Experience

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yitzhaq Feder
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Near East ◽  
Biblical Hebrew ◽  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Embodiment Theory

This article analyzes the primary terms for purity in Biblical Hebrew, Ugaritic, Sumerian, Akkadian and Hittite. Building on insights from cognitive linguistics and embodiment theory, this study develops the premise that semantic structure—even of seemingly abstract concepts—is grounded in real-world bodily experience. An examination of purity terms reveals that all of them can be related to a concrete sense pertaining to radiance (brilliance, brightness, shininess). The article then traces the semantic development of purity terms in distinct experiential contexts and shows how semantic analysis can elucidate the inner logic of fundamental religious concepts.

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