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Certain semantic shifts in the Arabic language

Author(s): Amrudin Hajrić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Naučnoistraživački institut »Ibn Sina«
Keywords: Qur’an; the Arabic language; Arabic lexis

Summary/Abstract: Language as one of the key elements of its respective community is most directly a reflection of what happens to those communities. Arabic was strongly influenced by the Last Revelation For example, the Qur’an uses the same words and expressions Arabs had used previous, but in some cases with new meanings, mainly sacral and not present prior to its appearance. The Qur’an thus enriched the Arabic language semantically, which is quite natural, since any social change, however small, results in certain changes in the language, particularly in its lexis, and the appearance of the Revelation was certainly a major societal change.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 208-218
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bosnian