Semantic Transformations in Arabic Syntax

Abstract

We know that Arabic syntax examines words in the context of their relationships with each other in sentences. These sentences vary among grammarians, depending on their preferences, starting with the basic abstract sentence (verbal and nominal), which grammarians have defined its components as (subject and predicate) and (verb and doer). It serves as the fundamental basis for constructing different sentences and structures, as well as their transformations within the grammatical system. In this light, we can distinguish between primary syntactic meanings and secondary syntactic meanings that have been subjected to the speaker's authority, as he desires to obtain a new syntactic meaning different from the original one (the root). This occurs in the context of the syntactic relationships of words within sentences and structures. How does transformation occur in the original sentence? How does it expand to include structures? When do we consider a structure as transformed? What are the processes that take place in the structure to deviate it from its original form? Therefore, it is necessary to address all these aspects to reveal the mechanisms behind their occurrence.