The Semiotics of Linguistic Sign in Ancient Arabic Prose Ibn al-Muqaffa and al-Jahiz as Examples

Abstract

The Research entitled as "The Semiotics of the Linguistic Sign: Its Impact on Ancient Arabic Prose: Ibn al-Muqaffa' and al-Jahiz as Selected Examples" seeks to demonstrate that linguistic signs were established in their symbolic form to imitate the prevailing social phenomena of the time, within a framework that reflects semiotics. It takes Ibn al-Muqaffa' and al-Jahiz as case studies, considering them among the earliest authors of ancient Arabic prose, whose writings share a common objective despite their differing literary styles.

he study concludes that symbolism is a goal of language and one of its expressive functions, as it reflects social and cultural reality through semiotic signs. This approach comes within a modern linguistic framework that adopts the semiotic method as a means of analyzing and accurately expressing texts.