If the speaker does not know which arrived, what does aw express?
ʿAṭf al-Bayān, Badal and Coordination: Clarifying, Reinforcing and Specifying the Subject
- Definite inclusion of both
- Praise
- The speaker’s doubt
- Part-for-whole substitution
ʿAṭf al-Bayān, Badal and Coordination: Clarifying, Reinforcing and Specifying the Subject