Unrestricted and qualified predications are chosen according to what the hearer knows and what the utterance aims to convey. Complements, adverbials, governing forms, conditions, negatives and dependents each alter the judgment in a different way.
The next chapter treats qasr—exclusive restriction—as a more specialized device. General qualification in this chapter must not be confused with every technical form of exclusivity.
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Al-Itlaq wa al-Taqyid: Rhetorical Functions of Unrestricted and Qualified Expression
Unrestricted and qualified predications are chosen according to what the hearer knows and what the utterance aims to convey. Complements, adverbials, governing forms, conditions, negatives and dependents each alter the judgment in a different way.
The next chapter treats qasr—exclusive restriction—as a more specialized device. General qualification in this chapter must not be confused with every technical form of exclusivity.