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Adjective Substitutes in English and Arabic- a contrastive study | ||
| Journal of The Iraqi University | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 26, 2016, Pages 453-470 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| . The Conclusion: The study has come up with the following points of similarities and differences: - Points of Similarities: 1. Most of adjective substitutes in both languages are the same in form and function. 2. Adjective substitutes in the two languages describe single and plural nouns. 3. Both of English and Arabic substitutes come either before or after the noun they describe. 4. They can be a single word or a phrase in both languages. 5. There are some derived nouns can work as adjective substitutes in the two languages. 6. The substitutes in both languages have different forms as they can be nouns, adverbs, phrases, clauses, and pronouns. - Points of Differences: 1. English language differs from Arabic in using the possessive and distributive pronouns as adjective substitutes with no counterparts in it. 2. Arabic language differs from English in having single words like "ذو" and "مثل" which are being used as adjective substitutes with no counterparts in it. | ||
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