Emphasis and its Justifications From Traditional Grammar to Linguistic Grammar

Authors

  • Auday Hussein Ali

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47831/mae2fv16

Keywords:

Emphasis, Justifications, Grammar, Traditional, Linguistic

Abstract

The significance of studying emphasis lies in its role as a psychological force reflecting the speaker's ability to influence skeptical recipients through pragmatic cooperation aimed at consolidating meaning. This topic was selected to uncover modern linguistic justifications overlooked by traditional grammar, integrating classical and contemporary concepts to address issues of performativity and indirect persuasion. These justifications are condensed in the introduction of "Double Emphasis," which transcends the direct listener to achieve broader influential goals evident in miraculous Quranic models. Furthermore, the research demonstrates the purely emphatic nature of particles like the negative Lan, which were not previously classified by rhetoricians as tools of deterrence and irony. The study asserts that structural variations in the predicate of Ma are intentional deviations for strengthening judgments rather than mere dialectal differences between the Hijazi and Tamimi tribes. The research presents repetition as a creative argumentative pattern that achieves its artistic imagery in pre-Islamic poetry and Quranic text, moving beyond mere verbal redundancy. By addressing structures not typically categorized within emphatic activity, the research offers a critical vision that restores the status of linguistic systems as flexible persuasive tools.

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Published

2026-07-06