This study aims to employ standards textuality, which mentioned by Robert De Bojerand , as acceptability, which is not necessary to, be presence in the text, but two basic criteria in the text form the constituent elements , namely: Cohesion and Coherence. The study conducts to explain the concept of acceptability among contemporary Westerners and Arabs and following the methodology that based on standard of acceptability in two texts in the book of al-Jahid entitled: “al-Bayan wa al-Tabiyiin”. This methodology consists of the following elements: the position of the receiver , the context, the expand of semantic. . The conclusions of the study are as follow: focusing on the reception theory of the reader as a second part in the creative process where several types of readers appeared accordingly; Arab ancient’s view of points towards the veteran receiver; where some of them took care of normal recipients and some are interesting in super reader ; as founded in the work of arab veteran Ibn Qutaibah, the reader in the al-Jahiz book. Focus on the speaker and the situation around him; because this situation impacts in the response of the receiver and his/her interaction with the speech.The acceptability plays an important role in of the acceptability of the text.

Abstract

This study aims to employ standards textuality, which mentioned by Robert De Bojerand , as acceptability which is not necessarly be present in the text, but two basic criteria in the text form the constituent elements , namely: Cohesion and Coherence. The study conducts to explain the concept of acceptability among contemporary Westerners and Arabs and following the methodology that based on standard of acceptability in two texts in the book of al-Jahid entitled: “al-Bayan wa al-Tabiyiin”. This methodology consists of the following elements: the position of the receiver , the context, the expand of semantic. The conclusions of the study are as follow: focusing on the receiption theory of the reader as a second part in the creative process where several types of readers appeared accordingly; Arab ancient’s view of points towards the veteran receiver; where some of them took care of normal recipients and some are interesteing in super reader ; as founded in the work of arab veteran Ibn Qutaibah, the reader in the al-Jahiz book. Focus on the speaker and the situation around him; because this situation impacts in the response of the receiver and his/her interaction with the speech. The acceptability plays an important role in the acceptability of the text.