Pun in English : towards identifying its equivalent device (s) in Arabic
Other Title(s)
في الانكليزية : نحو تحديد ما يماثلها من فنون بلاغية في (Pun) العربية
Author
al-kawwaz, Siham Mohammad Hasan
Source
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 17 (30 Sep. 2013), pp.39-58, 20 p.
Publisher
University of Kufa Faculty of Arts
Publication Date
2013-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract AR
The term pun refers to a common rhetorical device that involves playing upon words which are similar in form but different in meaning.
It seems to be a universal phenomenon since it appears in literatures of all natural languages.
In Arabic, it is observed that Arab authors are at odds when they write about this device.
They often differ in identifying what represents it in Arabic rhetoric to the extent that they refer to distinctly different devices as its counterparts like tawriya, jinās or sometimes both.
This draws a lot of confusion and raises some inquiries: Does tawriya equate jinās? if not, which one may represent pun in English? and what are the main reasons that have often caused such confusion and mismatching? Therefore, the present paper aims at investigating the rhetorical devices which are similar in their mechanism to the phenomenon of punning in English in an attempt to figure out what represents it in Arabic.
It also draws attention to the formal typology of this device in English to illustrate the sense of mismatching which have appeared in previous studies when referring to its counterparts in Arabic
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-kawwaz, Siham Mohammad Hasan. 2013. Pun in English : towards identifying its equivalent device (s) in Arabic. Adab al-Kufa،Vol. 1, no. 17, pp.39-58.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-356088
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-kawwaz, Siham Mohammad Hasan. Pun in English : towards identifying its equivalent device (s) in Arabic. Adab al-Kufa Vol. 1, no. 17 (2013), pp.39-58.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-356088
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-kawwaz, Siham Mohammad Hasan. Pun in English : towards identifying its equivalent device (s) in Arabic. Adab al-Kufa. 2013. Vol. 1, no. 17, pp.39-58.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-356088
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 56-58
Record ID
BIM-356088