A report–directive contrast and the absence of a link between two reports arise for different immediate reasons. Their common consequence is that coordination would suggest a participation that the speaker does not intend. Independence is therefore meaningful.
Sometimes the lack of relationship is obvious; sometimes it becomes clear only from context. Faṣl is not mere silence where a wāw could stand: it preserves the intended boundaries of each proposition.
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Cases of Faṣl: Clause Relations, Complete Disjunction and Complete Connection
A report–directive contrast and the absence of a link between two reports arise for different immediate reasons. Their common consequence is that coordination would suggest a participation that the speaker does not intend. Independence is therefore meaningful.
Sometimes the lack of relationship is obvious; sometimes it becomes clear only from context. Faṣl is not mere silence where a wāw could stand: it preserves the intended boundaries of each proposition.