Arabic Idioms

Arabic Idioms

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  • Author: Ashraf Abdou
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136670955
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 193

Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. This corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic sheds light on their intricate nature, establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behaviour, and provides explanations for these patterns. Adopting a descriptive framework, the study addresses two main issues with regard to the discursive behaviour of idioms: the discursive functions that they perform and the ways in which they contribute to the cohesion of their texts. Examining primary data with regard to the semantic, discursive, lexical and grammatical properties of Arabic idioms, the author touches on the ubiquity of these expressions in language use, the wide range of functions they perform in discourse, the problems they often cause in domains such as foreign language learning and translation, and their typical divergence from the normal rules of grammar and semantic compositionality. Providing explanations for major linguistic phenomena, this analysis will be accessible to linguists, translators, lexicographers, translation software developers, and language teachers as well as learners.


650 Idioms and Proverbial Phrases in Modern Standard Arabic

650 Idioms and Proverbial Phrases in Modern Standard Arabic

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  • Author: Lamia Jamal-Aldin
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000454878
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 343

650 Idioms and Proverbial Phrases in Modern Standard Arabic is the ideal tool for learners of Arabic who wish to improve their knowledge and comprehension of Arabic language and culture and make their language more expressive and idiomatic. Including over 650 idiomatic expressions found in contemporary Arabic, this book is divided into two parts. Part I lists the idioms alphabetically for ease of use, providing English equivalents and a range of illustrative example sentences to show how the idioms are used in different contexts. The idioms are chosen based on frequency of use in written Arabic as well as oral speech, in Arabic literature and mass media. Part II includes 30 practice exercises structured around original texts which include the idioms covered in Part I. These practice exercises encourage students to review the meanings of idioms while improving their reading skills and familiarity with various text genres. Designed to be comprehensive, accurate, and easy to use, the book reflects the daily use of Arabic and draws on real and authentic use of the language. Suitable for use as a textbook or reader, this is an ideal resource for students at CEFR level B1 to C2 or Intermediate-High to Advanced-High on the ACTFL proficiency scale.


Difficulties in Arabic-English Translation

Difficulties in Arabic-English Translation

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  • Author: Omar Jabak
  • Publisher: Lulu.com
  • ISBN: 0359461352
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 172

The book aims to explore the linguistic and cultural difficulties experienced by Saudi undergraduate students when they carry out translation from Arabic into English. Besides, it attempts to provide possible reasons behind these difficulties and offer some practical solutions to overcoming them.


Arabic Idioms

Arabic Idioms

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  • Author: Andrzej Czapkiewicz
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  • Category : Arabic language
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 78


A Dictionary of Idiomatic Expressions in Written Arabic

A Dictionary of Idiomatic Expressions in Written Arabic

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  • Author: Mahmoud Sami Moussa
  • Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Press
  • ISBN: 9774166418
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 572

Arabic language; Idioms; dictionaries.


The Influence of Translation on the Arabic Language

The Influence of Translation on the Arabic Language

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  • Author: Mohamed Siddig Abdalla
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1527519910
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 248

This book explores the influence of translation on the Arabic language, with particular emphasis on the translation of English idioms by journalists working at Arabic satellite TV stations, using a mixed-method approach (quantitative and qualitative). It begins from a belief that the impact of broadcast media on Arabic speakers is more instant, wider and farther-reaching than that caused or triggered by any other branch of mass media, as not all features of television appear in other media. The book focuses on idioms because of the difficulties associated with translating them, and also because the literature review revealed inadequacy in understanding this intriguing part of the development of the Arabic language. In contrast to other similar titles, the book examines the possible factors causing journalists to resort to idiom literalisation, including those relating to demographic characteristics. The main significance of this book is that it has practical implications for its potential audience, both practitioners and professional peers. It provides information to enable media translators and lexicographers to become more sensitive towards the logico-semantic relationships present in idiomatic expressions, and to improve their application of idiomatic expressions in their translations. Overall, the results presented here will serve to guide media translators and lexicographers’ choice in the usage of idioms to produce better quality translations and dictionaries. This insight is important not only to translators and lexicographers, but also to language teachers and students of translation. Pedagogically, the findings of the current book will encourage translation teachers to reconsider their strategies for teaching English idioms. Students of translation and English language learners in general will also benefit from the results of this book.


Arabic Idioms

Arabic Idioms

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  • Languages : en
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Arabic and the Case Against Linearity in Historical Linguistics

Arabic and the Case Against Linearity in Historical Linguistics

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  • Author: Jonathan Owens
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0192867512
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 513

This book explores the long history of the Arabic language, from pre-Islamic Arabic via the Classical era of the Arabic grammarians up to the present day. While most traditional accounts have been dominated by a linear understanding of the development of Arabic, this book instead advocates a multiple pathways approach to Arabic language history. Arabic has multifarious sources: its relations to other Semitic languages, an old epigraphic and papyrological tradition, a vibrant and linguistically original classical Arabic linguistic tradition, and a widely dispersed array of contemporary spoken varieties. These diverse sources present a challenge to and an opportunity for defining a holistic but not necessarily linear Arabic language history. The geographical breadth and chronological depth of Arabic make it a fertile ground for a critical appraisal and application of perspectives from a range of subdisciplines including sociolinguistics, typology, grammaticalization, and corpus linguistics. Jonathan Owens draws on these approaches to investigate more than 20 individual case studies that cover more than 1500 years of documented and reconstructed history: the results demonstrate that Arabic is a far more complex historical object than traditional accounts have assumed. This complexity is further explored in a comparison of the historical morphology of three languages that can be compared over roughly the same period (500 AD-2022 AD): Icelandic, English, and Arabic. Icelandic and English are diametrically opposed on a parameter of linearity. Icelandic is effectively alinear: the morphology of the earliest Icelandic writings is the morphology of today. English is linear, having undergone a drastic change in morphology from its Old English stage to the Middle English period. Arabic is shown to be alinear in many important respects, but multilinear in others, with different sorts of linguistic changes being spread across many individual historical speech communities.


Arabic-English-Arabic-English Translation

Arabic-English-Arabic-English Translation

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  • Author: Ronak Husni
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1134020201
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 218

Arabic-English-Arabic-English Translation: Issues and Strategies is an accessible coursebook for students and practitioners of Arabic-English-Arabic translation. Focusing on the key issues and topics affecting the field, it offers informed guidance on the most effective methods to deal with such problems, enabling users to develop deeper insights and enhance their translation skills. Key features include: A focus on Arabic-English translation in both directions, preparing students for the real-life experiences of practitioners in the field In-depth discussion of the core issues of phraseology, language variation and translation, legal translation and translation technology in Arabic and English translation Authentic sample texts in each chapter, taken from a variety of sources from across the Arabic-speaking world to provide snapshots of real-life language use Source texts followed by examples of possible translation strategies, with extensive commentaries, to showcase the best translation practices and methodologies A range of supporting exercises to enable students to practise their newly acquired knowledge and skills Inclusion of a wide range of themes covering both linguistic and genre issues, offering multidimensional perspectives and depth and breadth in learning List of recommended readings and resources for each of the topics under discussion Comprehensive glossary and bibliography at the back of the book. Lucid and practical in its approach, Arabic-English-Arabic-English Translation: Issues and Strategies will be an indispensable resource for intermediate to advanced students of Arabic. It will also be of great interest to professional translators working in Arabic-English-Arabic translation.


Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions in Levantine Arabic

Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions in Levantine Arabic

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  • Author: Elham Alzoubi
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000769127
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 192

Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions in Levantine Arabic: Jordanian Dialect is a unique resource for intermediate and advanced learners of Arabic. The book contains over 2000 of the most common idioms and idiomatic expressions used in Levantine Arabic–Jordanian dialect. Each idiom is presented with a sample sentence or dialogue, which provides the authentic sociocultural context necessary to better understand how to use each idiomatic expression appropriately. Ideal for students studying Levantine/Jordanian Arabic or planning to study and/or live in Jordan or the Levant, this book provides learners with a wealth of basic vocabulary and structures that will raise their meta-linguistic awareness of Arabic in general and Jordanian Arabic in particular.