In «قَدِمَ ابنُ عَمِّي عَلِيٌّ», the name Ali makes explicit which cousin is meant; this illustrates a clarifying function of badal.
A principal rhetorical function of substitution is greater reinforcement or clarification. Distinct syntactic kinds of badal can also specify a part or an associated feature.
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Al-Itlaq wa al-Taqyid: Rhetorical Functions of Unrestricted and Qualified Expression
In «قَدِمَ ابنُ عَمِّي عَلِيٌّ», the name Ali makes explicit which cousin is meant; this illustrates a clarifying function of badal.
A principal rhetorical function of substitution is greater reinforcement or clarification. Distinct syntactic kinds of badal can also specify a part or an associated feature.