English loanwords in the Arab newspapers
Other Title(s)
الألفاظ الإنجليزية المستعارة في الصحافة العربية
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
Khafaji, Rasul
al-Abbas, Sulayman Awwad
University
Middle East University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2010
English Abstract
This study aimed at analyzing the English loanwords used in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) at the phonological, morphological and semantic levels.
The sample of this study consisted of sixty issues of three different daily Arab newspapers.
More specifically, twenty issues of each of the following newspapers, the Jordanian Al-Rai, the Lebanese Alhayat, and the Arabic international Asharq Al-Awsat published in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from the first to the twentieth of June, 2009.
All loanwords, which the researcher could trace back to English and were written in Arabic script, were collected and classified according to their domains and frequencies.
The results of this study showed that Arabic journalistic writing depended on using a large number of loanwords without hesitation, the majority of these loanwords were mentioned in the previous studies such as Butros (1963), Suleiman (1981), Hussein and Zughoul (1993) and Kailani (1994).
Other new loanwords were incorporated in the daily Arab newspapers under investigation to designate new inventions, innovations, and concepts.
The study showed a high increase in loanwords used in MSA and expected that a larger number of English loanwords would be incorporated in journalistic Arabic in the years to come.
The study concluded by recommending other studies to be conducted: - Further research be conducted, using different newspapers from other Arab countries to investigate the rate of English loanwords.
- Further studies be conducted to investigate the Arabic equivalents that can replace the English loans in specific and the foreign loans in general.
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
No. of Pages
95
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Review of related literature.
Chapter Three : Methods and procedures.
Chapter Four : Findings of the study.
Chapter Five : Discussion and recommendations.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yasin, Maha. (2010). English loanwords in the Arab newspapers. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-691737
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yasin, Maha. English loanwords in the Arab newspapers. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University. (2010).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-691737
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yasin, Maha. (2010). English loanwords in the Arab newspapers. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-691737
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-691737
