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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0334-8547
- eISSN
- 2949-7841
- DOI
- 10.1163/29497841-04201011
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This paper investigates a specific compound of kāna involving the use of the Pstem of kāna followed by the S-stem of the second verb, with an optional (but usually present) particle qad intervening between them. Traditional grammars considered that kāna acts as fiʿl nāsikh on the subsequent nominal sentence, resulting in a future perfect value. The modern journalistic corpora analyzed here reveal an additional pattern of usage in which the future reference is lost. yakūnu (qad) faʿala thus functions as a present perfect, but tends to fluctuate probably due to its recent development. The results are discussed from a typological perspective including the possibility of language contact as a change-inducing factor.
Journal
Al-Karmil Studies in Arabic Language and Literature – Brill
Published: Feb 13, 2021