Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018)

The Rhyming Characteristics of the Qur’an and Their Phonological and Semantic Relevance

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Yayan Nurbayan
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Yayan Nurbayan
Available Online March 2019.
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10.2991/icollite-18.2019.46How to use a DOI?
Keywords
saja'; the Qur’an; surah Attakwir; phonology
Abstract

This research was motivated by the existence of the phenomenon of rhyming sounds called saja’ in the Qur'an. This interesting phenomenon was examined to explore the beauty of the Qur'anic language style. This study aims to reveal the types of rhyming (saja’) phonological characteristics, meanings, and the relationship of phonological characteristics and their meanings. The research method used in this research is descriptive. Meanwhile, the data collection techniques used is documentation and the source of research data is the Qur'anic verses in Attakwir surah consisting of 24 verses. The results of this study indicate that: 1) Saja’ in At-takwir surah’s comprise as-saja’ al-murashsha' 2 tokens, as-saja 'al-mutawazi' 2 tokens, and as-saja 'al-mutharraf 6 tokens. 2) The phonological characteristics in the At-takwir surah’s comprise the first to the 14th verses ending in the "ت” sound, the 15th to 18th verses ending in the sound "س", and the 20th to the 24th verses ending in the "ن". 4) There is relations between the saja’ phonological characteristics and semantics in the verses. This study recommends that future researchers can make this research as a reference to examine the beauty of the Qur'anic language style from other linguistic aspects.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
March 2019
ISBN
10.2991/icollite-18.2019.46
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icollite-18.2019.46How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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