TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yehudit Dror
PY  - 2026
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781805840589
TI  - Modality in the Qurʾān
DO  - 10.3726/b22992
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1571490
N2  - This book presents a pioneering linguistic study of modality in the Qurʾān. Although there is considerable research on modal expressions in modern Arabic, modality in Classical Arabic and the Qurʾān in particular have not been examined in a systematic linguistic framework. This volume helps fill this gap. Drawing on contemporary linguistic theories and implementing a textual-linguistic approach, this volume explores how modal meanings are expressed in the Qurʾān through verbs, particles and syntactic constructions. It focuses on the epistemic, deontic and dynamic modalities and traces how each function in the Qurʾān. The analyses show how modal expressions are used differently depending on whether the speaker is divine or human, and how meanings shift across contexts and discourses.
KW  - Qurʾān, Epistemic Modality, Deontic Modality, Dynamic Modality
LA  - English
ER  -