Converted Grammatical Particles: “كيف”(How) in Sura Al-Maida as an example.

Abstract

Articles are words that can have a certain function. They have been of great interest by the grammarians constantly as they are crucial in both morphology and syntax. Grammar refers to the rules for combining words and larger units in the sentence in a particular language. However, variable grammatical articles is a new concept which are divided into two parts by Dr. Tamam Hasan: authentic articles such as affixes, clitics, negatives, interrogatives, and conditionals; variable articles such as nouns, adjectives, etc. which have turned from morphology to syntax. Some changes happened to certain nouns and verbs which has lead them lose some of their meanings and give syntactic meaning. The change is called grammaticalization, among them change from nominal to articles. The approach used in the study is a descriptive analytic method which is applicable and effective in this kind of research. The data were collected analyzed accordingly via certain interpretations and elucidations of the texts in the framework of the study. The concluding remarks can be reliable and useful for future researchers of the field. The current study takes these changes into account in terms of their styles and adaptation in a given context, there is an instance for these kind of elements like the word ‘how’ it is still a noun even it is used now as it was; it has been taken from the context which is HOW used.