أصوات الحركات العربية : دراسة دلالية جمالية

Abstract EN

A deliberate and thorough reading is required to deal with this research in the Arabic language which is self-evident of being able to stimulate readers' imagination, elevate their taste and arouse their senses.

This research highlights the relationship examined by old Arabic scholars between the Arabic diacritical marks (short vowels), their meanings and role in realizing the beauty of the word.

The studies of old scholars focused on these two dimensions varying in views in line with their various specializations and concerns.

According to them, the short vowel IvJ (aldamma) is considered to be the strongest vowel and thus used for expressing strong meanings, while the short vowel /a/ (alfatha) expresses light or simple meanings; the short vowel HI (alkasra), on the other hand, expresses meanings of moderate effect.

Furthermore, Old Arabs used to employ the differences that exist between alfatha on the one hand and between askasra and aldamma on the other hand to build up the word with a view to creating aesthetic purposes on the phonetic level relying on their own linguistic competence and understanding.

All previous literature in this regard has been examined in accordance with a new perspective aiming at capturing the semantic as well as the artistic dimensions of the diacritical marks of a word.

In applying this approach, the research adopted, analyzed and discussed points of articulation of each diacritical mark and its articulatory characteristics as stated in modern phonetics.

The research, moreover, provides a review of opinions and attitudes of contemporary scholars interested in the relation between the sounds of diacritical marks and their meanings.