Defining the Subject by a Relative Pronoun: Purposes and Rhetorical Applications

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• What is the central grammatical role of the relative clause in definiteness by a relative?
• When is the clause in «الذي كان معنا أمس رجل عالم» especially effective?
• Why does a long relative clause not necessarily create magnification?
• Why might a speaker use «الذي...» even when the person’s name is known?
• How does «التي هو في بيتها» reinforce the passage about Joseph?
• What is meant by «استهجان التصريح بالاسم»?
• How can the relative clause in «الذي أحسن إلى الفقراء محبوب» relate to its predicate?
• What distinguishes implied rationale from an explicit causal statement?
• What role does the clause «الذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي» play relative to the warning that follows?
• What rhetorical role does the relative clause play in «الذين كذبوا شعيبًا كانوا هم الخاسرين»?
• Why is «الذين علّموا الناس سنين كثيرة هم هؤلاء» suitable as a correction?
• What is the difference between magnifying a subject and magnifying the predicate?
• Why does the poem use the clause «سمك السماء» before speaking of the house?
• What effect arises in «الذي لا يحسن معرفة الفقه قد صنف فيه كتاباً»?
• When does the relative construction serve reinforcement (زيادة التقرير)?
• Which expression chiefly uses its relative clause to identify an otherwise unnamed person?
• What best distinguishes «التي هو في بيتها» from «الذي كان معنا أمس» in these examples?
• If a clause suggests why a predicate applies without explicitly saying «لأن», which rhetorical notion is most relevant?
• What determines whether avoiding explicit naming is appropriate?
• Which statement correctly distinguishes magnification from correction of an error?
• What is decisive when assigning a rhetorical purpose to a relative expression?
• What can a relative clause contribute when used to reinforce an assertion?
• In «إن الذين كذبوا شعيبًا كانوا هم الخاسرين», what is the role of «الذين»?
• What is the usual function of an ʿāʾid (عائد) in a relative clause?
• Which example most clearly permits indirect disparagement?
• How should one analyze a clause that both identifies and praises a referent?
• Why is it wrong to treat «الذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي» as unrelated to the warning?
• What is the distinction between «الذي يحفظ الأمانة محبوب» and an explicit “loved because trustworthy” formulation?
• The mere use of «الذي» proves that magnification of the subject is intended.
• The identifying usefulness of «الذي كان معنا أمس» can depend on the hearer remembering the previous day’s meeting.