Sometimes more expressive than words, reciting sermon 114 of Nahj al-Balagha based on the discourse theory of silence

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1 Ph.D Candidate, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Hakim Sabzevari, Sabzevar, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.

Abstract

The present study, based on the theory of discourse of silence, has examined the different levels of written silence in Sermon 114 of Nahjul-Balaghe. This theory has examined silence at three levels: structural, semantic, and pragmatic. Structural silence, which is characterized by deletion and reference to the Cataphora , leads to the deletion or concealment of a part of the message, which is decoded through verbal statements and with the attention of the addressee. Semantic silence, through metaphor and linguistic metonymy, leads to the substitution of the destination signifier for the origin’. In pragmatic silence presupposition and implied signification andverbal commonalities of the contribute to the creation of silence The silences in this sermon of imam ali which were extracted using an analytical-descriptive method, indicate that most of the unspoken words were structural and of the type of omission, which in terms of style was effective in strengthening the structure of the speech and the activity of the audience’s mind.

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Linguistic Studies: Theory and Practice

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Available Online from 25 May 2025

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  • Receive Date: 09 December 2024
  • Revise Date: 23 May 2025
  • Accept Date: 25 May 2025

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