LessonsVocative Address: Calling, Rhetorical Purposes, and Declaratives Used as DirectivesQuiz

ثُمَّ الْخَبَرُ قَدْ يَقَعُ مَوْقِعَ الْإِنْشَاءِ
A declarative can sometimes stand in place of an expressive or directive utterance.

The normal role of a declarative is to assert a proposition; requestive inshāʾ expresses a command, wish, or prayer. Nevertheless a surface declarative may carry the communicative force normally conveyed by an inshāʾ construction.

Separate sentence form from intended speech act. In particular, a past-tense expression can function as a prayer for an event that has not yet occurred.

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A declarative placed where an expression of will is expected

Vocative Address: Calling, Rhetorical Purposes, and Declaratives Used as Directives

ثُمَّ الْخَبَرُ قَدْ يَقَعُ مَوْقِعَ الْإِنْشَاءِ
A declarative can sometimes stand in place of an expressive or directive utterance.

The normal role of a declarative is to assert a proposition; requestive inshāʾ expresses a command, wish, or prayer. Nevertheless a surface declarative may carry the communicative force normally conveyed by an inshāʾ construction.

Separate sentence form from intended speech act. In particular, a past-tense expression can function as a prayer for an event that has not yet occurred.