Remarks on the language of Qur'an: A functional analysis, A Cognitive--Typological Explanation

One of the major and long-running discussions in the field of Quranic sciences refers to the question of the language of Qur'an. So far, numerous studies have been done on the features of the language of Qur'an in various aspects. However, the results of these studies are not based on detailed analyses of modern linguistic theories. Therefore, the present study with a dual function, using a descriptive-analytic method within the Systemic Functional Linguistics of Halliday and Matthiesson (2014), aims to investigate first the modal structure of the dialogues between God Almighty and Devil in four Suras of Araf, Hijr, Isra and Sad examining certain aspects of the Quranic language and then, according to the results of this study, using the cognitive concept of prototype of Rosch (1978), Greenberg’s markedness hierarchy (1966) and Croft’s frequency criterion (2003) point to a cognitive and typological explanation of these results in order to better understand the structural features of the Quranic language. The main results of the research show that the language of the Qur'an uses the same mechanisms and rules governing the interactions of human language, thus linguistically being a simple, not literary and specific language.