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Author Elimam, Ahmed Saleh, Dr

Title Marked Word Order in the Quran and its English Translations : Patterns and Motivations
Published Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Contents ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""APPENDIX""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""
Summary The literature on Balaghah (the art of Arabic eloquence) and commentaries on the Quran stress that the style of the Quran is beautiful, eloquent and inimitable. This literature identifies word order as one of the most distinctive aspects of Quranic style. One of the main reasons for this is that, compared to English, Arabic has fewer restrictions on word order, thanks to its elaborate verb inflection system and case marking. This flexibility allows for the foregrounding of some elements within the sentence, resulting in a marked (or non-canonical) word order and fulfilling certain discursive f
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Qurʼan -- Translations into English -- History and criticism
Qurʼan. fast (OCoLC)fst01842877
Subject Translation & interpretation.
Linguistics.
Educational: Religious studies: Islam.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1306166535
9781306166539
9781443853675
1443853674
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9781443851244