Al-MahZourat al-Nahwyia in Arabic Langauge

Abstract

This paper analytically studies al-MahZourat al-Nahwyia (syntactically forbidden structures) which occurs in Arabic in short and long sentences. Arab grammarians referred to this phenomenon in their discussion of al-Mumtani (impossible) and ghayr al-jaiz or al-khata’(wrong). This study aims to outline the philosophy of this phenomenon and its fields within the linguistic system of Arabic. It also tries to figure out, by using a historical method, the origins of this term in grammarians’ works so we can, at last, create a clear conception of this phenomenon on the level of syntax. The paper tries also to explain al-MahZourat al-Nahwyia, in all its forms, by general norms in Arabic such as meaning, e’rab (parsing), talazum (correlation), Sadarah (syntactic priority), as well as al-Usūl al-Marfouda (rejected foundations). In addition the study pointed out that this phenomenon is associated with samā (attestation), qiyās (analogical reasoning), agreements and disagreements among grammarians, poetic necessities as well as some analogically accepted forms of speech forbidden by Islam. It is argued that all judgments which are closely related to illa’ (cause). Those judgments are changeable in terms of their illas.