Eponymy in English and Arabic
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 10 (30 Jun. 2012), pp.59-70, 12 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon College of Education for Human Sciences
Publication Date
2012-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Arabic language and Literature
Topics
Abstract AR
النسبة هي عملية اشتقاق كلمة تدل على مكان, اختراع, حرفة, قبيلة أو ديانة من اسم علم على سبيل المثال سميت منطقة كولومبيا على اسم كريستوفر كلومبوس أو كما في اللغة العربية يقال زيد القريشي نسبا إلى قريش.
تتضمن الدراسة ثلاث أقسام.
تناول القسم الأول مفهوم النسبة في اللغة الإنجليزية.
تم عرض تعريفات مختلفة و أنواع النسبة و صيغها في هذا القسم.
المحاسن و المساوئ المتعلقة باستعمال النسبة قدم لها في هذا القسم أيضا.
أما القسم الثاني فقد عالج مفهوم النسبة في لغتنا العربية و أنواعها و صيغها المختلفة و محاسنها و مساوئها.
خصص القسم الثالث من الدراسة لعرض أوجه التشابه و الاختلاف بين اللغتين من حيث مفهوم النسبة و أنواعها و صيغها و محاسن و مسائ استعمالها.
Abstract EN
Eponymy is the process whereby a word denoting a place, invention, profession, tribe or religion is derived from the proper name such as the District of Columbia which was named after Christfore Columbus and Zayid al-Quraishi who is attributed to the tribe of Quraish.
The study is divided into three sections.
The first deals with the concept of eponymy in English.
Different definitions are surveyed.
Categories of eponymy and the formation of eponyms are also discussed in this part.
The advantages as well as disadvantages of using eponymy are presented here.
The second section tackles the notion of eponymy or nisba as Arab linguists call it.
Nisba in Arabic is a predominantly morphological subject.
In this section, the categories of eponymy are dealt with along with the ways of forming them.
Nisba also has advantages and disadvantages which are introduced in this section too.
Similarities and differences between English and Arabic in the concept of eponymy, its categories, formation and advantages and disadvantages is conducted as a final part of this study.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ingaish, Basmah Khalid. 2012. Eponymy in English and Arabic. Journal of Human Sciences،Vol. 1, no. 10, pp.59-70.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-411249
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ingaish, Basmah Khalid. Eponymy in English and Arabic. Journal of Human Sciences Vol. 1, no. 10 (2012), pp.59-70.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-411249
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ingaish, Basmah Khalid. Eponymy in English and Arabic. Journal of Human Sciences. 2012. Vol. 1, no. 10, pp.59-70.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-411249
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 68-70
Record ID
BIM-411249