THE SEMANTICS OF PRONOUNS IN CLASSICAL RELIGIOUS PROSE: BASEDON THE MATERIALS OF MUSTAFA ZARIR’S SIYAR AL-NABI

Abstract

The article deals with the pronouns used in Mustafa Zarir’s Siyer-i Nebi and their semantic types. It reveals the semantics of the pronouns, identifies the origin of the various forms that emerge during declension, particularly the structure and components of compound pronouns, and explains their etymology. The functional-semantic features of the archaic pronouns encountered in the text are examined, and the traces of some of them in the modern language are identified. The article also extensively investigates the intratextual linking function of personal and demonstrative pronouns, their stylistic potential, and their role in sentence structure.