LessonsFronting the Subject: Restriction, Reinforcement and the al-Jurjani–al-Sakkaki DebateQuiz

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Furthermore, we do not concede that restriction is absent.

Rejecting a proposed condition or reconstruction does not prove that every possible type of restriction has disappeared. The speaker may still contrast a particular person, category, or degree in a way not captured by the initial grammatical account.

Conversely, a merely possible contrast does not establish a certain restriction. The object of restriction and the competing alternative must both be specified before confidently assigning qaṣr.

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A reply to the claim that no restriction remains

Fronting the Subject: Restriction, Reinforcement and the al-Jurjani–al-Sakkaki Debate

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Furthermore, we do not concede that restriction is absent.

Rejecting a proposed condition or reconstruction does not prove that every possible type of restriction has disappeared. The speaker may still contrast a particular person, category, or degree in a way not captured by the initial grammatical account.

Conversely, a merely possible contrast does not establish a certain restriction. The object of restriction and the competing alternative must both be specified before confidently assigning qaṣr.