The metrical structure of the Qur’anic verses with reference to ʔæl fælæq and ʔæn nɑ:s chapters

Abstract EN

The present study attempts to analyse the words and the verses of the last two Qur’anic chapters metrically according to Hayes’s (1995) metrical theory.

This theory assumes that word stress assignment in any language can be accomplished by setting the relevant parameters of that language.

These parameters include quantity sensitivity, foot size, iterativity, direction of parsing, and foot dominance.

Moreover, it assumes that the rhythmic structure of any language can be shown in the process of stress assignment by the use of the metrical grid model.

The results of the study show that the analysis of Qur’anic word stress according to the parametric metrical theory is accomplished successfully by setting the relevant rules and parameters of the Qur’anic language.

Moreover, the rhythmicity of the Qur’anic verses is shown by means of alternating stress pattern in the metrical grid representation with the aid of the relevant phrasal stress rules.