CONCEPTUALISATION OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION IN THE HOLY QURAN:A COGNITIVE-SEMANTIC APPROACH

• Main Authors: Sardaraz, Khan, Roslan, Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin 2016
• Subjects: BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31892/1/Sardaraz.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31892/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313368125_CONCEPTUALISATION_OF_DEATH_AND_RESURRECTION_IN_THE_HOLY_QURAN_A_COGNITIVE-SEMANTIC_APPROACH

Conceptual metaphor is the discursive linguistic strategy employed in the Holy Quran to imprint upon the human mind the Quranic worldview. This approach can better explain the abstract concepts of death and resurrection in the Holy Quran through cross domain mapping with human experiential concepts....