A functional study to the phenomenon of restriction in Arabic rhetoric

Abstract

This article intends to investigate the phenomenon of restriction among Arab rhetoricians in terms of its concept, methods, and rhetorical secrets, and then study it functionally, focusing on its situation, its pragmatic dimension, the communicative functions it performs, and its role in defining its structures, relying in the analysis on a combination of rhetorical explanation, interpretation, and functional theorizing, and the goal is a statement. The functionalization of ancient Arabic linguistic thinking and bringing it closer to modern thinking, and benefiting from them in the fields of language teaching and translation, developing Arabic theory, and enriching modern functionalism.