زَيْدًا عَرَفْتُ
It was Zayd whom I recognized.
If the listener wrongly thinks that someone other than Zayd was recognized, زَيْدًا عَرَفْتُ corrects the identity of the recognized person. The prominent information is the answer to “whom?”, not merely the occurrence of recognition.
The correction concerns the relevant event. It does not establish that the speaker can never recognize any other person. The scope of exclusion is fixed by the disputed claim and its context.
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Fronting the Object: Correction, Restriction and Ordering of Complements
زَيْدًا عَرَفْتُ
It was Zayd whom I recognized.
If the listener wrongly thinks that someone other than Zayd was recognized, زَيْدًا عَرَفْتُ corrects the identity of the recognized person. The prominent information is the answer to “whom?”, not merely the occurrence of recognition.
The correction concerns the relevant event. It does not establish that the speaker can never recognize any other person. The scope of exclusion is fixed by the disputed claim and its context.