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Utterance
al-lafẓ
اللَّفْظ
In logic, an utterance (lafẓ) is studied as a word or phrase that signifies a meaning by convention (waḍʿ).
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The logician is concerned with meanings, but meanings are taught and learned through words, so the Īsāghūjī opens with how utterances signify.
An utterance signifies its meaning in one of three ways: by correspondence, by inclusion, or by implication.
Also written as: lafz, lafdh, al-lafẓ al-dāll bi-l-waḍʿ.
Examples
- الإِنْسَان“human”, which by convention signifies a rational animal
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