Interrogation with Hal: Assent, Fronting and Temporal Meaning

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• What is the primary interrogative function of hal?
• Which types of clause can hal introduce?
• What does “Hal qāma Zayd?” seek?
• What is chiefly sought in “A-Zaydun qāma am ʿAmrun?”
• What underlies the ordinary objection to “Hal Zaydun qāma am ʿAmrun?”
• What clause type is “Hal ʿAmrun qāʿid?”
• Why is “Hal Zaydun qāma?” problematic in the ordinary analysis?
• What is the important difference between the two constructions?
• What is fronted Zaydan in “Hal Zaydan ḍarabta?”
• Does every instance of fronting entail strict exclusivity?
• Which problematic example is ascribed to al-Sakkākī?
• What is the status of an account relating hal to qad?
• What time reference is normally favoured by hal with an imperfect?
• Which interrogative is better suited to denial of an action occurring now?
• When does the cited “Hal taḍribu ... wa huwa akhūka” become objectionable?
• What grammatical function does rākiban serve in “Sayajīʾu Zaydun rākiban”?
• Does a circumstantial clause necessarily refer to the present time?
• What rhetorical force can “A-taqūlūna ʿalā Allāh...” carry?
• What syntactic point does “Sayadkhulūna ... dākhirīna” illustrate?
• What serves as predicate in “Fa-hal antum shākirūn”?
• What is more salient in “Hal tashkurūn”?
• What may the nominal arrangement of “Fa-hal antum shākirūn” emphasize?
• What kind of question is “Hal al-ḥarakatu mawjūdah”?
• What relation is tested in “Hal al-ḥarakatu dāʾimah”?
• What do simple and compound hal-questions both seek?
• Does “simple hal” merely mean a sentence with fewer words?
• Why is “motion exists” insufficient for “Hal al-ḥarakatu dāʾimah”?
• What should be identified first when analysing hal?
• How should competing explanations of fronting after hal be handled?
• Which heading follows the subsection on hal?