Predicate Clause Patterns in Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma's Mu'allaqa: A Syntactic-Semantic Study.

Abstract

This study aims at examining predicate clause patterns in Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma's Mu'allaqat from syntactic-semantic perspectives. The originality here is investigating the semantic indication that the predicate clause hold, and the role that syntactic interrelationships perform in that context. 

The study outline was as follows: introduction, objectives, rationale, methodology, selecting the study sample, data analysis, and previous studies. Then, the data collected was analyzed in order to identify the places where predicate clause patterns appear, and each place was examined for the sake of categorizing all patterns.

The study concludes that the predicate clause patterns were categorized into four functionally sematic roles: (a) suspense through expressing intensive feelings toward places, ruins, and woman; (b) appreciation through pinpointing others' deeds and describing particular events; (c) persuasion and condensing through the use of negation and excluding linguistic devices; and (d) depreciation through describing particular events.