"Major Derivation" and Its Role in Constructing Semantic Fields: Quranic Examples Based on the Permutations of Sound Roots
This research examines the relationship between Ibn Jinni’s concept of major derivation (al-ishtiqāq al-kabīr) and the theory of semantic fields through an analysis of selected patterns of permutation within sound Arabic roots as attested in Qur’anic usage and Arabic lexicographical sources. The study proceeds from the...