Metonymy as a stylistic device in al-Sayyeda Zeinab's speech in al-Kufa

Abstract EN

One of the main sources for figurative language, rhetoric and eloquence is speech of Prophet Mohammad and his progeny (peace be upon them) for short (pbut).

Al- Sayyeda Zeinab(pbuh) is Imam Ali's daughter (626-681).

Their speeches are wealthy to be studied and analyzed in the light of modern linguistic theories because their era witnesses the highest level in rhetoric and eloquence particularly in literature.

As such, this paper investigates the metonymy in Al- Sayyeda Zeinab's (pbuh) speech in the court of Obayedullah bin Ziyad, the ruler of Al-Kufa, in Iraq in 680.

The study aims at examining the applicability of metonymy as a stylistic device in this speech.

It is hypothesized that Al- Sayyeda Zeinab's (pbuh) speech serves as data of analysis for testing the applicability of metonymy and she uses two types of metonymy in order to achieve certain purposes.

For the sake of analyzing the selected data, the study develops a model for showing the analysis.

According to the analysis, a number of conclusions have been arrived at.