Non-Predicative Complement Positional (In-situ) Expansion in Ibn Yaish's Sharh Al-Mufassal

Abstract

This study examines the original position of non- predicative compliment structures in Ibn Yaish's Sharh Almufassal, offering insightful account of such elements in situ expansion, influence and benefits to sentence structure. Mostly this expansion happens in displacing the non-predicative element either by foregrounding or separating it from the element supposed to follow it.  A particular focus is given here to non-predicative elements for they constitute no essential components of sentence structure and supposedly should retain their original position contrary to the evident free expansion triggering this study. The introductory part of the study highlights the importance in situ position in retaining the intended semantic structural functions. The study offers an applied analysis for non-predicative elements expansion positions including object, adverbial, noun gerund of verb to privilege, constituent related to prepositional phrase, substitution, interrogation, etc. The study concluded that the purpose of position in situ change is to emphasize the foregrounded element and that Ibn Yaish relied on reasoning in clarifying the meaning in the cased of expansion and abundant usage of language elements.