Word-Order and its Rhetorical and Stylistic Functions in the Arabic Language

Abstract

This paper aims at investigating word-order and its rhetorical and stylistic functions in Arabic Language. It discusses its forms and patterns from a semantic and syntactic point of view. Therefore, the study will concentrate on the following issues:

1- Types of sentences:

(a) Nominal, beginning with a noun.

(b) Verbal, beginning with a verb.

(c) Local sentence, in which an adverbial expression begins the sentence.

(d) Conditional sentences.

2- The Construction Theory, which concentrates on the acquisition of words and phrases according to the correct usage. It does not neglect the meaning of the words in isolation, but is concerned with their meaning in context.

3- Disconnection and Connection: This phenomenon gives the Arabic Language the freedom to produce various stylistic structures that the speaker can use to express directly the intended meaning.

4- Rhetorical and stylistic functions of word-order.