A comparative study of ‘volition’ in English and its counterparts in Arabic
Other Title(s)
دراسة مقارنة لأسلوب الإرادة في اللغة الإنجليزية و ما يقابلها في العربية
Author
Source
Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 36 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.627-643, 17 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon College of Basic Education
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
This study is concerned with the meanings of volition in Modern Standard English(MSE) and their counterparts in Modern Standard Arabic(MSA).
Its aim is to identify, discuss and compare the meanings of volition constructions in the two languages.
It is motivated by the fact that the area of volition is an extremely intractable area of English and Arabic grammars.
Hence, it is a good candidate for an investigation.
The method followed here is a contrastive analysis in which two languages are compared to find out their aspects of similarity and differences as well.
In relation to the results, English is similar to Arabic in the names comprising ‘volition’, i.e., (willingness = الارادة , wish= , الرغبة intention= النِّيّة , and insistence = الاصرار ).
As for the differences, only English has implicit meaning of volitional verb (wish) by using (hope, would rather, would prefer, and let).
The auxiliaries (will and shall) which express wishes in English cannot do so in Arabic.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Nasrawi, Husayn Musa Nasir. 2017. A comparative study of ‘volition’ in English and its counterparts in Arabic. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences،Vol. 2017, no. 36, pp.627-643.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-796064
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Nasrawi, Husayn Musa Nasir. A comparative study of ‘volition’ in English and its counterparts in Arabic. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences No. 36 (Dec. 2017), pp.627-643.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-796064
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Nasrawi, Husayn Musa Nasir. A comparative study of ‘volition’ in English and its counterparts in Arabic. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 36, pp.627-643.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-796064
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 642-643
Record ID
BIM-796064