التطور الدلالي لمعاني السخرية بين القدماء العرب و المحدثين

Abstract EN

The semantic development of words is an important part of the semantics and modern linguistics.

It reflects an important aspect of the life of a language, and indicates the level to which some words are being used frequently or infrequently.

It also serves as a link between the past and the present.

There is no doubt that the evolution of human life is reflected in the evolution of used words and their connotations.

This research sheds light on one of these words, which has become a term used by Holy Qur’an exponents, linguists and critics.

They have gone through various doctrines and have not agreed on a single vision.

This term is irony.

Therefore, this paper reveals the perception of the ancients, the rhetoricians, the critics and the writers towards irony.

To that end, the paper has raised three questions: What are the similarities and differences between them? What are the factors that affected the significance of this term? Has its connotation changed among modernists today?