التمليح في أسماء الناس بين القدامى و المحدثين : دراسة لغوية

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This study tackles Endearment in People’s Names between Traditionalists and Moderniststogether with the different linguistic patterns for endearment, their origins, purposes and meanings in Arabic.

The aim of the study is to explore ‘endearment’ as a linguistic phenomenon according to traditionalists and modernists and the patterns used for endearment in Arabic.To carry out the study,the researcher adopted the descriptive- analytic-comparative method.

Results of the study showed that according to traditionalists, endearment in people’s names follows three patterns: clipping, diminutive and truncation.

As for modernists, endearment in people’s names has different forms and patterns.

The study focuses on three main linguistic patterns regarding endearmentin people’s names: clipping, diminutive, substitution.