ABSTRACT

This chapter provides an overview of the most recurrent Qur'anic macro text features which have contributed to the textuality of the Qur'an. This is an account of the macro text features of Qur'anic discourse. The analysis is concerned with the macro text level. This investigation involves lexical, grammatical, and stylistic features. The lexical items are either content words or function words. It also accounts for the lexical item's position in the sentence, whether it occupies initial, middle, or final sentence position. The stylistic technique of repeating certain words is a stylistic macro textual feature of Qur'anic discourse. Linguistically, the lexical items are content words like nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. The deductive argument is a major Qur'anic macro text feature. The macro text level shift is concerned with shift that occurs in different places of the Qur'anic discourse and it has different types.