SEMANTIC DEVIATION IN SOME SELECTED POEMS OF SHIEKH MUHAMMAD MUSTAPHA MAIJAMA’A: A STYLISTIC STUDY
SEMANTIC DEVIATION IN SOME SELECTED POEMS OF SHIEKH MUHAMMAD MUSTAPHA MAIJAMA’A: A STYLISTIC STUDY
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2021-02
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USMAN, Muhammad Daniyala
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This study “Semantic Deviation in Some Selected Poems of Sheikh Muhammad Mustapha
Maijama’a: A Stylistic Study” attempts to explore some evidences in the semantic deviation in
some poems of the Sheikh Muhammad Mustapha Maijama’a. Semantic deviation is something
unavoidable in poems. There is no poem without it. It is the basic rudiment which makes poems
unique and captivating. Its objective is to give a shift in the meaning of a word or phrase in a
poem. It gives a poet the right to poetically use words or phrases from its usual and widely
known meanings to unusual ones. The study explores the semantic deviation of some words and
phrases in some selected poems of Sheikh Muhammad Mustapha Maijama’a. It pinpoints,
presents and analyzes the words and phrases that semantically deviated from their usual
meanings. It also discusses the semantic deviation and what it encompasses in rhetoric in forms
of simile, metaphorical and metonymical expressions as well as figurative use of words and
phrases. The study is significant to learners and researchers as it will help them know what the
Nigerian scholars have done in developing the Arabic language through showing what is
common and otherwise in meaning-shift. The study employed the historical and descriptive
methods in collection and analysis of data used. The scope of the study is bordered on some
selected poems of Sheikh Mustapha Maijama’a. The result of the study shows that the semantic
deviation contributes a lot in the explanation of the meaning of some words and phrases of the
analyzed poems, especially the simile and metaphor. The study explored 120 places where
semantic deviation has occurred in the selected poems.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA - NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF ARTS OF DEGREE IN ARABIC
DEPARTMEN OF ARABIC,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA - NIGERIA
Keywords
SEMANTIC DEVIATION,, SELECTED POEMS,, SHIEKH MUHAMMAD MUSTAPHA MAIJAMA’A,, STYLISTIC STUDY