Cursing and blessing in English and Arabic : a contrastive study
Other Title(s)
Cursing and blessing in English and Arabic : a contrastive study
Author
al-Shaybani, Raja Mardan Fulayyih
Source
Issue
Vol. 7, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2018), pp.19-46, 28 p.
Publisher
Shiite Endowment Diwan Al-Abass Holy Shrine Al-Ameed Center for Research and Studies
Publication Date
2018-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
28
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
Stemming from the opinion that words have power to influence humans and their relationships, cursing and blessing are chosen to be studied in this research paper.
Linguistically, they have not been widely investigated in literature.
In most previous studies, they have been represented as social and theological phenomena.
They tended to be emotional expressions rather than declarative speech acts.
The present study tries to compare them linguistically, in both English and Arabic languages, dealing with their characteristics in depth by using a descriptive method.
In addition to its preliminary attempt to assign clearly the felicity conditions of blessing, this paper tries to answer the following questions: 1.
Is there a significant difference between cursing in English and its counterpart in Arabic? 2.
Is there a significant difference between blessing in English and its counterpart in Arabic? 3.
Is there a similarity between cursing and blessing? 4.
Should they be treated as linguistic routines? This paper is divided into five sections: the first examines cursing in English structurally, semantically and pragmatically.
The second deals with it in Arabic.
In the third section, a linguistic account is given about blessing in English with an attempt to organize its felicity conditions depending on those given for cursing within Searle Model(1969), while the fourth looks at it in Arabic.
Finally, the comparison and the conclusions are given.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Shaybani, Raja Mardan Fulayyih. 2018. Cursing and blessing in English and Arabic : a contrastive study. al-Ameed،Vol. 7, no. 2, pp.19-46.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-924425
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shaybani, Raja Mardan Fulayyih. Cursing and blessing in English and Arabic : a contrastive study. al-Ameed Vol. 7, no. 2 (Jun. 2018), pp.19-46.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-924425
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Shaybani, Raja Mardan Fulayyih. Cursing and blessing in English and Arabic : a contrastive study. al-Ameed. 2018. Vol. 7, no. 2, pp.19-46.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-924425
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Record ID
BIM-924425