The (Un)Translatability of Qur’anic Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs: A Contrastive Linguistic Study

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Title Page
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Contents
List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Table of transliteration
1 Introduction
	1.1 Statement of the problem
	1.2 Aim of the study
	1.3 Outline of the study
	1.4 Limitations of the study
2 (Un)translatability of the Qur’an: A theoretical perspective
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 The Qur’an’s (un)translatability
		2.2.1 The Qur’an’s (un)translatability as viewed by Muslim intellectuals
		2.2.2 The Qur’an’s (un)translatability as viewed by English translators
	2.3 Conclusion
3 Arabic idiomatic phrasal verbs: Nailing down the phenomenon
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Establishing a parameter for AIPVs
	3.3 AIPVs’ components
		3.3.1 Arabic proper verbs
		3.3.2 Arabic preposition
	3.4 AIPVs’ syntactic and semantic properties
		3.4.1 a l-Ta’alluq (verb–preposition relation, attachment, or dependency)
		3.4.2 al-Ta’addī (verb transitivity)
		3.4.3 al-Inābah (preposition substitution) and al-Taḍmīn (verb implication)
	3.5 AIPVs’ register variations
	3.6 Conclusion
4 Qur’anic idiomatic phrasal verbs
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Syntactic idiosyncrasies of QIPVs
		4.2.1 QIPVs’ word order
			4.2.1.1 Nonsplit QIPVs
			4.2.1.2 Split QIPVs
	4.3 Semantic idiosyncrasies of the QIPVs
		4.3.1 QIPVs’ semantic fields
		4.3.2 QIPVs’ semantic categories
			4.3.2.1 Metaphorical QIPVs
			4.3.2.2 Figurative QIPVs
	4.4 Pragmatic idiosyncrasies of the QIPVs
		4.4.1 Direct speech acts performed by QIPVs
		4.4.2 Indirect speech acts performed by QIPVs (QIPVs’ implicatures)
	4.5 Conclusion
5 Research methodology
	5.1 Theoretical framework
	5.2 Data collection
	5.3 Research questions and data analysis
	5.4 Research procedure
	5.5 Towards a model for analysing and assessing the translation of QIPVs
		5.5.1 On translating metaphorical and figurative expressions
		5.5.2 Speech acts
		5.5.3 Conversational implicatures
		5.5.4 Adequacy/inadequacy
	5.6 Model for analysing and assessing translations of QIPV
	5.7 Conclusion
6 Qualitative data analysis, assessment, and discussion
	6.1 Case study 1
		6.1.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.1.2 English equivalents provided
		6.1.3 Analysis
	6.2 Case study 2
		6.2.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.2.2 English equivalents provided
		6.2.3 Analysis
	6.3 Case study 3
		6.3.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.3.2 English equivalents provided
		6.3.3 Analysis
	6.4 Case study 4
		6.4.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.4.2 English equivalents provided
		6.1.3 Analysis
	6.5 Case study 5
		6.5.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.5.2 English equivalents provided
		6.5.3 Analysis
	6.6 Case study 6
		6.6.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.6.2 English equivalents provided
		6.1.3 Analysis
	6.7 Case study 7
		6.7.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.7.2 English equivalents provided
		6.7.3 Analysis
	6.8 Case study 8
		6.8.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.8.2 English equivalents provided
		6.8.3 Analysis
	6.9 Case study 9
		6.9.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.9.2 English equivalents provided
		6.9.3 Analysis
	6.10 Case study 10
		6.10.1 Tertium comparationis
		6.10.2 English equivalents provided
		6.10.3 Analysis
	6.11 Discussion
7 Conclusion
	7.1 Summary of the study
	7.2 Findings of the study
	7.3 Recommendations
	7.4 Suggestions for further research
Appendix I: Concordance for the Qur’anic idiomatic phrasal verbs
Appendix II: Frequencies
Index