Syntactic Transformation in the Poem “Nashid Al-Sahra”

Abstract

This study examines the manifestations of syntactic transformation in the poem “Nashid Al-Sahra” by the poet Ibrahim bin Hasan Al-Sha‘bi in light of generative linguistics. Transformation is regarded as one of the most significant mechanisms that reshape the deep structure of the sentence and present it in a surface structure characterized by condensed meaning and a clear artistic function. The research seeks to uncover how transformation mechanisms—deletion, addition, and reordering—contribute to constructing the poetic discourse and generating its meanings, while also highlighting the impact of these transformations on the poem’s internal rhythm and structural coherence.