The concept of trope at the scholars of the Principles of jurisprudence in The modern Western rhetoric - A comparative approach rhetoric -linguistic-

Abstract

Classical Arab linguists demonstrated a broad and profound interest in linguistic inquiry at the phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic levels. This study focuses on a number of issues addressed by scholars of Islamic legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh), highlighting their awareness of linguistic growth and semantic change. Their understanding of language as an instrument of thought formed a fundamental basis for investigating how meanings develop. In particular, uṣūl scholars examined the relationship between a linguistic expression and its meaning, including the historical processes through which expressions acquire and are used in particular senses.

Their discussions reveal an understanding of important aspects of semantic change arising over time, through usage, and under the influence of social and intellectual circumstances. Their work also anticipated questions that remain central to modern linguistics, including the origins and conventions of language, literal and figurative meaning, interpretation, semantics, discourse analysis, semiotics, and pragmatics. This paper examines the concept of majāz (figurative or transferred usage) among uṣūl scholars and its role in the development of Islamic jurisprudence.

It also considers majāz as an independent subject in modern linguistic study, identifying points of convergence and divergence between the approaches of classical legal theorists and modern linguists.