Al-Attas' conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis
Also available in printed version: P26.G87 S25 2017 raf
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| Online Access: | https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/58828 |
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| author | Jesbains Kaur |
| author2 | Wan Mohd. Nor Wan Daud, supervisor |
| author_facet | Wan Mohd. Nor Wan Daud, supervisor Jesbains Kaur |
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| description | Also available in printed version: P26.G87 S25 2017 raf |
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| spelling | utm-123456789-588282025-05-26T01:38:49Z Al-Attas' conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis Jesbains Kaur Wan Mohd. Nor Wan Daud, supervisor Language and culture Thought and thinking -- Religious aspects Islam and philosophy Also available in printed version: P26.G87 S25 2017 raf Recent developments in the modern Muslim thoughts have revealed the misusages and corruptions in various key-terms and important concepts of Islamic worldview. Basic vocabulary in the Quranic Arabic as well as the Islamic languages have been contaminated, causing confusion of Islamic worldview and its religious and ethical contents. Language (bayan) as the tool of the worldview of Islam consisting of a set of basic vocabulary is supposed to be correctly understood in order for its correct meanings (ma慳ni) to be preserved. Hence, this study sought to analyze both the concept of language in the worldview of Islam and the utilization of semantic analysis to attain to reality and truth (aqiqah) according to the way of thinking of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas. The analysis was conducted based on all his published works, recorded lectures and interviews in relation to linguistic trends in Islamic tradition and the contemporary Muslim world. Al-Attas has explained the phenomenon of 搒ecularization of language and thought� from which stems the core problem of Muslims which is the 揷onfusion and error in Islamic knowledge and its worldview� (1978). He argues compellingly that language is something divinely inborn in individuals, that language projects worldview and ontology, and that Arabic has a special position of being the language of final revelation as well as having scientific character. He has also employed the methodology of semantic analysis in his metaphysical and ethico-religious framework which can be explicated under eight semantic fields of Wujud, Mahiyyah and Dhat, ?aqq and ?aqiqah, Shuhud, Din, Insan and Bashar, 慉dl and Sa慳dah. This study considers that al-Attas� semantic analysis is a sound methodology in the modern Islamic discourse to solve the problem of confusion and errors in Islamic knowledge and its worldview and in its legal-ethical framework. This is because firstly, semantic analysis is historically one of the major methods which safeguard the correct meanings of the key-terms of the Islamic worldview from corruptions; and secondly, its procedures and processes are compatible with the interpretation of Islamic texts, from which the understanding of Islam is derived. In the light of al-Attas� conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis, the study suggests this methodology as a better solution to contemporary scholars as well as preserving one of the prominent methodologies which was once used in the Islamic intellectual tradition. sof UTM 330 p. Thesis (Philosophy) - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2017 2025-03-17T05:00:43Z 2025-03-17T05:00:43Z 2017 Doctoral thesis https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/58828 vital:136865 valet-20191106-09117 ENG Closed Access UTM Complete Completion Unpublished application/pdf Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
| spellingShingle | Language and culture Thought and thinking -- Religious aspects Islam and philosophy Jesbains Kaur Al-Attas' conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis |
| thesis_level | PhD |
| title | Al-Attas' conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis |
| title_full | Al-Attas' conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis |
| title_fullStr | Al-Attas' conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Al-Attas' conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis |
| title_short | Al-Attas' conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis |
| title_sort | al attas conception of language and his utilization of semantic analysis |
| topic | Language and culture Thought and thinking -- Religious aspects Islam and philosophy |
| url | https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/58828 |
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