Cohesion Factors in Surah “Al-Muzzammil” Based on the Halliday and Hassan's Theory

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate professor of Tehran university

2 , Master Student of Arabic Language and Literature, Tehran University

10.22081/jrla.2020.57589.1274

Abstract

Abstract: The mechanism of internal language such as creation and communication in any sentence or between sentences is defined as Cohesion. In other words, cohesion refers to the structural/lexical relations in the text. The present study discusses about cohesion and coherence in a quantitative manner based on the Michael Holiday's Model and the Supplement Theory of Ruqaiya Hassan as coordination of cohesion in the holy Surah “Al-Muzzammil.” The study indicates that all three levels of cohesion factors exist in this Surah: “Lexical cohesion” including reiteration types (verbal, synonym, composition structure and phonetic) and collection types (ordered series and antonym); “Grammatical cohesion” containing reference types, substitution and ellipsis; “Connective cohesion” that is linked the words. This paper shows an organic and corporatism link among the components of Surah which is a way of understanding the miracle of Quran.
Key Words: Surah Al-Muzzammil, Lexical Cohesion, Grammatical Cohesion, Connective Cohesion, Theory of Halliday and Hassan.

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