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A comparative study of Arabic motion verbs to their English counterparts
Joint Authors
Nassar, Mahmud Mamduh Bakr
al-Ashqar, Akram Idris Muhammad
Shatnawi, Muhammad Ali Abd al-Qadir
Source
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue 9 (30 Sep. 2020), pp.215-228, 14 p.
Publisher
Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development
Publication Date
2020-09-30
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
English Language and Literature
Abstract EN
This paper examines some semantics aspects of Arabic motion verbs compared to their English counterparts.
Although both languages belong to different remote families, both languages share some common features about Motion especially on the idea of locomotors vs.
non-locomotors (translative and non-translative movement).
A lexically-semantic comparison is drawn between motion verbs in both languages in terms of suggested semantic components such as Motion itself, Manner, Directionality, Path, Fictive, and Motion.
The researchers used resources such as encyclopedias, library references books specially Mu’jam Lisan AL-Arab, AlMu'jam Al-Waseet, English dictionaries specially Oxford, Webster, and Longman, web sites to collect data of motion verbs under discussion.
The paper concludes that the semantics components of Arabic verbs are quite similar to their English counterparts, but Arabic verbs differ greatly from English verbs in the notions that can be lexicalized.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nassar, Mahmud Mamduh Bakr& al-Ashqar, Akram Idris Muhammad& Shatnawi, Muhammad Ali Abd al-Qadir. 2020. A comparative study of Arabic motion verbs to their English counterparts. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation،Vol. 3, no. 9, pp.215-228.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1498084
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nassar, Mahmud Mamduh Bakr…[et al.]. A comparative study of Arabic motion verbs to their English counterparts. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation Vol. 3, no. 9 (2020), pp.215-228.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1498084
American Medical Association (AMA)
Nassar, Mahmud Mamduh Bakr& al-Ashqar, Akram Idris Muhammad& Shatnawi, Muhammad Ali Abd al-Qadir. A comparative study of Arabic motion verbs to their English counterparts. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation. 2020. Vol. 3, no. 9, pp.215-228.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1498084
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 227-228
Record ID
BIM-1498084