Why is “أَخُوكَ قَادِمٌ” a model of an ibtidāʾī report?
Aḍrub al-Khabar: Ibtidāʾī, Ṭalabī and Inkārī Reports
- Because it lacks a predicate
- Because it negates the proposition
- Because it is an inshāʾ sentence
- Because it is a complete report without an independent emphatic marker