دلالات النداء في سورة يوسف المباركة

Abstract EN

TheVocative is an instinctive phenomenon and a means of communication for it is of great importance in discourse.

The basic meaning of the vocative is to address and draw the addressee's attention.But the vocative may express other meanings that can be understood from context such as lamenting, expressing pain, surprising, praying, insulting and so on.

In Surat Yusuf {Peace be upon him} the vocative frequently occurs since this sura is characterized by the use of dialogues.

The present paper traces the forms of vocative used by the characters in this story in the light of the general context that relates the two participants of the vocative (I.e.

the addressor and the addressee), the direction of discourse, type of discourse and the social status of the two participants , let alone the psychological and emotional dimensions which appear in the internal context (viz.

linguistic context) and external context (viz.

non-linguistic context) of the situation at which the vocative is produced.

Most of the forms of vocative in Surat Yusuf express the basic meaning of vocative which is addressing and drawing the addressee's attention accompanied by additional expressive meanings emphasizing the basic meaning and expressing figurative meanings such as praying.

Notably, The story of Yusuf starts and ends with vocative forms, which emphasizes the importance of vocative and its role in the development of the story.The current paper shows that the use of vocative in the Quranic dialogue has important semantic functions in addition to its social and psychological functions.