Al-Ta‘rif wa al-Tankir: Rhetorical Functions of Definiteness and Indefiniteness
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- What primarily governs rhetorical choice between definite and indefinite expression?
- Which definite construction identifies its referent through a relative clause?
- What is a primary rhetorical advantage of “I” and “you” here?
- What prominently signals exclusivity in «إياك نعبد»?
- What does al-‘alam mean in this chapter?
- What additional rhetorical force may “Sayf al-Dawla” carry?
- How does a demonstrative primarily identify?
- What rhetorical effect may the distal demonstrative in «ذلك الكتاب» suggest?
- Whose disparaging speech is reported in «أهذا الذي يذكر آلهتكم»?
- Why is “the one who was with us yesterday” identifying?
- What relation can the relative clause suggest with the promised reward?
- What is needed for concealing a referent from outsiders by a relative expression?
- What is the rhetorical force of the relative expression about raising the sky?
- What effect can the open-ended relative wording produce in this verse?
- Whose sarcastic accusation is reported in this verse?
- What is the role of al- in the second mention «الرسول» after «رسولا»?
- What identifies «اليوم» in the verse about completion of religion?
- What following feature strengthens the universal reading of «الإنسان»?
- How is the book identified in «كتاب سيبويه»?
- What is one rhetorical advantage of «حضر أمراء الجند»?
- What can idafa foreground in “the ruler’s book has arrived”?
- How does “O man!” pick out the addressee?
- What is the basic effect of indefiniteness in “a man came here”?
- What does «من بشير» reinforce under negation?
- Every distal demonstrative necessarily indicates physical distance.
- A relative clause can never suggest reason or magnify the referent.
- A previously introduced indefinite noun can later be repeated with definite al- to refer to the same entity.
- Idafa only conveys honor and can never convey disparagement.
- Every indefinite form necessarily indicates abundance.
- The negation in «ما جاءنا من بشير» is not confined to one identified bearer.