مجلة أبحاث
Volume 10, Numéro 1, Pages 153-162
2025-06-30
Variation In Structure And Unity In Meaning In The Arabic Language
Authors : Ben Melouka Nabil .
Abstract
Despite the extensive debate among Arab linguists—some supporting it and others denying it—the prevailing conclusion leaned towards its absence and lack of codification from a purely foundational perspective. This conclusion was held even though some researchers expressed reservations, arguing that they simply used one term instead of another in their writings. This perspective was evident even at the level of the Quranic text, where researchers did not find anything that confirmed the existence of this phenomenon. On the contrary, the Quran served as a definitive example of its denial and rejection of its establishment. Those who rejected this linguistic phenomenon—or what appears to be synonymy—attributed it to various factors, such as the diversity of Arab dialects, the distinction between nouns and adjectives, and other reasons. Nevertheless, practical and functional usage offers writers, regardless of their identities or the nature of their writings, a wide margin for varied expressions and ample opportunities to achieve communicative goals. Western linguistic studies reached similar conclusions, as reflected in the statements of prominent figures like Harris and Bloomfield, who outright denied the existence of this phenomenon. They argued that structural variation necessarily leads to a difference in meaning
Keywords
Debate, variation in wording with identical meaning, differences in names, plurals, patterns of exaggeration
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