The Niceties of Structural Symmetry (the Case of the Conjunction 'and')


Abstract in English

Indubitably, elements constituting the syntactic structure are one of the significant linguistic features of the symmetrical discourse in the linguistic order whether poetry or prose; since the symmetry discourse consists of two, or more, adjacent linguistic series. However, the symmetrical discourse is one form of syntactic arrangements, as appears in organizing the text, and dividing it into similar constituents that soon bring forward a recognizable rhythmical dimension, which becomes clear in how long or short the tone is, whether this symmetrical discourse is full or partial, divided into longer stretches, or shorter ones interconnected by the conjunction 'and'. No doubt that such a type of linguistic discourse, which divides the text into similar segments, acquires it harmony and cadence apparently missing in any other linguistic structure.

References used

البحتري . الديوان , كرم البستاني , دار بيروت للطباعة و النشر , بيروت , 1987.
أبو تمام . شرح الديوان , ضبطه و شرحه الأديب : شاهين عطية , دار الكتب العلمية , بيروت , لبنان.

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