The effect of overlapping semantic fields on the structure of the trilateral verb source and its adjective- reading in the book of Sibawayh

Abstract

There is no doubt that the one who follows what is mentioned in our linguistic heritage, and extrapolates its contents and ideas, will find many examples and applications of modern and contemporary linguistic theories at all levels of language, and one of these theories is the theory of semantic fields. This research aims to clarify the effect of the intersection of these fields in formulating the structures of the three-part verb infinitives and their attributes, their development, and their departure from the consistent analogy, according to what Sibawayh mentioned in his book about this, and the foundations and opinions put forward by the theory of semantic fields. Effective and influential in changing the meaning of vocabulary and shaping its structures, as the Arabic language is characterized by its tendency to link the meaning and metrical rhythm of the forms that express it in verbs, infinitives, and adjectives. Thus, a group of chapters was formed according to the common, central, unifying meaning of the materials that fall within these fields or chapters. However, These fields may overlap in their suggestive connotations and shades of meaning  which will affect the vocabulary structures that include them accordingly. The nature of the research material necessitated its classification on several topics, with an attempt to take into account the intrusiveness that was mentioned in Sibawayh’s book, so he began with the topics of the chapter on transitive and intransitive action, then the topics of state verbs and their descriptions such as (فَعِل), (فَعْلَان), and (أَفْعَل), arriving at what he mentioned in the chapter on qualities