Which three-stage sequence follows the source?
Departing from the Expected Form: Rhetorical Reclassification of the Addressee
- Uncommitted: three oaths; hesitant: silence; denier: question
- Uncommitted: plain negation; hesitant: reinforcement with bāʾ; denier: oath added
- Exactly one marker is compulsory in every state
- Denier: always plain negation; uncommitted: a strong oath