The Phenomenon of Concoction Among Late Grammarians: A Descriptive and Analytical Study

The term "Talfiq" (concoction) is commonly used in several sciences such as jurisprudence, rhetoric, and grammar. However, it has become more prevalent in the works of jurists than in others. It is also a phenomenon present in the studies of rhetoricians who have classified and arranged some of their issues around it. As for grammarians, they have not specifically categorized this phenomenon, but some later grammarians have addressed it in their analyses and comments; thus, it has a fleeting or timid presence that catches the researcher's attention and raises numerous questions that collectively form the problem of this research, especially among students of grammar, who find this expression documented in the depths of grammar books without finding sources to refer to within them. Some of the prominent questions include: How does Talfiq manifest in issues of grammar and its rulings? How are grammatical schools influenced by Talfiq? What issues are built upon it? Herein lies the importance of this research in examining the grammarians' discourse on this phenomenon and gathering their scattered remarks without claiming comprehensiveness but rather aiming to open avenues for further exploration in this area for researchers. For all these reasons, I will first explain the meaning of Talfiq in various fields, then address the influence of later grammatical schools regarding this issue, relying on a descriptive analytical method that leads us to the desired research results, God willing.