A Discoursal Analysis of ‘Grammatical Shift’ in Najeeb Mahfouz's Novel 'The Thief and Dogs

Abstract

'Grammatical shift' is an extremely interesting grammatical phenomenon that does require some knowledge of grammar as such knowledge provides some basic understanding about the operations involved in such shift. By using grammatical shift, it becomes possible to vary the ways of expressing the language. In Arabic, ‘grammatical shift’ is considered one of the most fascinating linguistic