Authors
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PHD Student, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
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Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
Abstract
Due to the importance of language and its underlying mechanisms, Roman Jakobson’s theory of linguistic communication is considered one of the most important modern linguistic theories, as it is based on analyzing the linguistic message based on six basic factors: the sender, the receiver, the communication channel, the reference, the norms, and the context. Each of these factors is linked to a specific linguistic function, which are: the emotive function, the conative function, the attentional function, the referential function, the metalingual function, and the poetic function. Perhaps the most important functions that Roman Jakobson put in his theory is the poetic function, which is the function that we are now dealing with in more detail. Among other functions, we also find an echo of this theory in the Arab linguistic heritage, especially in the sciences of grammar and rhetoric, where we find that grammarians and rhetoricians have researched the factors of linguistic communication and their functions in different ways, and demonstrated their cohesion and harmony in the communicative process. In this article, we will, in accordance with the descriptive-analytical approach, apply this theory to the collection “The Sea Changes Its Shirts” by the Omani poet Aisha Al-Saifi in light of the six functions that Roman Jakobson put in his theory. We also found that there are clear aspects in Aisha Al-Saifi’s poetry that can be analyzed according to this linguistic theory, which was divided into its six functions. We selected various excerpts from her poems and analyzed them according to the six functions identified by Jakobson, focusing on those aspects that aligned with the theory while excluding those that did not, in order to reveal the manifestations of Jakobson’s linguistic functions within the selected poetic texts.
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The Journal of Research in Humanities