Definiteness and Indefiniteness
type: Item
DOI: 10.64393/balagha.Q49
Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric page code: 484
described at URL: Definiteness and Indefiniteness
cites work: Durūs al-Balāgha
cites work: First Steps to Understanding Balaghah
cites work: Arabic Rhetoric: The Pragmatics of Deviation from Linguistic Norms
BALAGHA Score ID: A-8
title: Definiteness and Indefiniteness
OpenAlex ID: W4415329686
Balagha Corpus ID: A08DefinitenessandIndefiniteness
is part of taxonomy: Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy v0.1.0
is part of taxonomy: Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy v0.1.1
Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric ID: A-8
Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric status: Deprecated
label: التعريف والتنكير @ar
description: Arabic rhetorical device involving the use of definiteness where indefiniteness is expected, and vice-versa