Meanings
nounsoloecism (plural soloecisms)
plural soloecisms
- alternativeAlternative form of solecism.
[Al-Jurjânî then explains that eloquence does not reside in the correct application of grammatical rules or the avoidance of soloecisms; these are only necessary, not sufficient conditions for the quality of a text; he then concludes:]
1997, Kees Versteegh, “A new semantic approach to linguistics: Al-Jurjânî and as-Sakkâkî on meaning”, in Landmarks in Linguistic Thought III: The Arabic Linguistic Tradition, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 119
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