Informative predicate for definitvisation in the nominal sentence in the Arabic syntactic context, A pragmatic linguistic approach

Abstract

This research deals with a syntactic issue rarely addressed by Arab grammarians, and has not received appropriate attention nor details from most ancient and modern grammarians, although it was investigated by some of the latter grammarians like Aj-Jorjani and Abu Hayyan Al-Andalusi. The motivation for research in the issue of (Definite Noun as a Predicate in Nominal Sentence) is the evidences in the Holy Quran, Hadith, and in Arabs’ prose & poetry which are contrary to the grammarians’ views in that the predicate is usually indefinite without specifying the rules of that difference, as well as the justifications for starting with an indefinite noun. Therefore, the researcher decided to investigate this matter, along with the conviction that the dissention from the syntactic origin has its justifications, mostly pragmatic which became clearer to the researcher as a result of investigating heritage through modern linguistic premises . This research consisted of four sections followed by conclusion; I: The objective of the title. II: Introduction to the concept of the “Predicate” and its rules, and the types of definite nouns, followed by answering some questions that emerged from this research. III: Rules of the definite noun as a predicate, based on the context explaining the linguistic behavior of the speaker when using the definite noun as a predicate.