Abstract
As is the case with the deletion of other sentence elements in Classical Arabic, object deletion is semantically marked on two levels: (I) dropping the object deliberately but functionally, (II) emptying the object slot and focusing on the verbal action. Among the functions of object deletion on the first level are: (a) brevity, (b) degradation or insult, (c) generalization, (d) ruling out a misleading interpretation which the presence of the object might cause. The second level of object deletion stresses the verbal action. In the latter, the object is not intended and the transitive verb acts as intransitive.
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