What is the consequence of the qualification “in lam yamnaʿ minhu māniʿ”?
Fronting the Subject: Restriction, Reinforcement and the al-Jurjani–al-Sakkaki Debate
- Every fronted subject necessarily signals exclusivity
- A pronoun can only reinforce, never restrict
- An obstacle means only that the noun is indefinite
- Fronting does not entail restriction where context or meaning blocks it