Phonetic prompts for grammatical meaning according to Dr. Fadhel Al-Samarrai

Abstract

 Dr. Fadhel Al-Samarrai is one of the prominent Arabic grammarians in the modern age. He followed the approach of the early Arabic scientists, as their research formed the intellectual basis on which Dr. Fadhel Al-Samarrai relied. However, he charted a new path for himself, which is the search for the grammatical meaning in the expressions of the verbal structure. Since the expressions of that structure were multiple according to the intent and purpose, the meanings of those expressions were also multiple; therefore, we found him researching what the structure includes of tools that help him in directing the grammatical meaning, including sound; realizing its effect in directing that meaning. In this research paper, I wanted to shed light on the effect of sound in directing the grammatical meaning of Dr. Fadhel Al-Samarrai, in addition to other guidelines that supported him in what he sought, depending on the degree of clarity and accuracy of the meaning.

Dr. Fadhel Al-Samarrai was able to reach the grammatical significance of the verbal structure through the strong hamza sound, which helped him in differentiating between (الاتي) and (اللاي) which are for the sound feminine plural. The hamza sound had an effect in indicating (اللاي) for the masculine plural, although rarely. It was used for rare and heavy cases in what was mentioned in usage. The long vowel sound included in (الآف) was the grammatical significance according to Dr. Fadhel Al-Samarrai, and that was in: clarifying (ما) and (من) the relative pronouns, so (ما) was more general than (من), and a basis for it in indicating generality and ambiguity in view of the nature of that sound, which is broad in the origin of language usage, and what was proven by modern studies that formed a supporting reference for the sound wave.