The Subject of Predication: Omission, Mention and Modes of Identification
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- What is the key condition for omitting the subject?
- In response to “كيف أنت؟”, what subject is understood in “عليلٌ”?
- What must follow when a speaker avoids someone’s name?
- What is the basic reason for explicitly stating the subject?
- Why say “زَيْدٌ حَاضِرٌ” when several people are present?
- When can extended speech about the subject be suitable?
- Which expression identifies a subject through iḍāfah?
- What distinguishes “أنا”, “أنت”, and “هو”?
- What is rhetorically distinctive about the address in “ولو ترى إذ المجرمون ناكسوا رؤوسهم”?
- How does a proper name differ from descriptive identification?
- What do respectful and disparaging uses of names demonstrate?
- When is “الذي كان معنا أمس” more useful than a name?
- What is an important effect of the relative phrase in “وراودته التي هو في بيتها عن نفسه”?
- What does the non-specific “ما غشيهم” chiefly contribute?
- What does the relative clause “الذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي” accomplish?
- What is the special role of “هذا” in “هذا أبو الصقر”?
- When may a near demonstrative express disparagement?
- What can the far demonstrative convey in “ذلك الكتاب”?
- What does “أولئك” point back to in “أولئك على هدى من ربهم”?
- Which kind of definiteness may “السوق” illustrate in “ادخل السوق”?
- What distinguishes generic reference from comprehensive inclusion?
- What especially supports a comprehensive reading of “إن الإنسان لفي خسر”?
- What would customary comprehensiveness mean for “الصاغة” in “جمع الأمير الصاغة”?
- What is a principal advantage of “كتاب زيد” as iḍāfah?
- How can “عبد الخليفة” carry a status-related rhetorical effect?
- Why is “رجل” indefinite in “وجاء رجل من أقصى المدينة يسعى”?
- What can the indefinite “غشاوة” suggest?
- What contextual effect accompanies the indefinite “بحرب”?
- How do “Zayd the merchant” and “Zayd is a merchant” differ?
- What rhetorical sense is especially salient in the indefinite “رضوان” of “ورضوان من الله أكبر”?