abolfazl sajjadi

Formalism is one of the theories of contemporary literary criticism in the field of literary study that emerged in Russia in the first half of the twentieth century. Foregrounding is one of the important issues of this theory and is based on the norm deviation (irregularity) and the parallelism (that is raised through the principle of extra regularity). Hence, the language of the Qur'an can be regarded as a standard language and a norm deviated one as well. But it should be noted that the norm deviation in the Qur'an does not mean that the word of God is contrary to the rules and analogies, but that the way it is expressed is different. According to the formalists, de-familiarization is a relative issue, and over the time, the literary text becomes ordinary and repetitive. However, since the literary and scientific aesthetics of the Qur'an is endless, Qur'anic scholars are continually discovering new aspects of it and thus making it dynamic. This study examined the foregrounding (norm deviation and parallelism) in Taha Surah from Leech’s point of view. It also considered the relevance and appropriateness of the construction of the verses to the content and name of the Surah based on the theory of formalism using a descriptive-analytical approach.

Any language constitute a set of dynamic words that are being constantly reborn hence find expansion of meaning. In semantic studies of linguistics, polysemy is one of the most important issues to be considered at all language levels including lexis, i.e. paradigmatic polysemy. Linguistic approaches to lexicon always accompany word's senses influenced by collocates in a structural system, the semantic analysis of which is carried out with regard to the mutual relationships between the elements in the given system and the discourse process. Considering the linguistic context and the totality of the text following an etymological analysis of a word, and its semantic field, clearly depicts the development of the word and thus its polysemy. A main part of Quranic studies and research is discovering and elucidating the exact meaning of words in the structure of the Divine Word so that the perception of religious propositions may be facilitated. In this paper, the polysemy of the Quranic word "rahmat" is studied to illuminate its semantic development in the Quranic ayahs and its multiple semantic aspects in relation to the core meaning as well as the effect of collocates using Quranic commentaries. The word "rahmat" enjoys several semantic aspects like Islam, the Paradise, Faith, Rain, Subsistence, etc., all of which are processed in respect to the core meaning and conceptual relations with other linguistic units within the discourse structure.