Why might ʿAmrun yatakallamu following jāʾa Zaydun be heard as an independent report?
Appendix to Faṣl and Waṣl: Circumstantial Clauses, Wāw and Pronominal Linkage
- Both are imperatives
- ʿAmr cannot be a subject
- The first clause lacks a subject
- The second complete clause lacks an explicit circumstantial link to the prior event