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WISHING AND IMPLORING EXPRESSIONS IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC: A SEMANTIC STUDY | ||
| Anbar University Journal of Languages and Literature | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 530-539 PDF (435.56 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.37654/aujll.2010.64102 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samara M. Ahmed; Asst. Prof. Dr. Nawfal S. Majeed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Both English and Arabic include different expressions which are combinations of different structures that are constructed to express the functions in the use of language. Wishing and imploring expressions are considered one of these expressions, they are requested expressions which are used for asking purposes to reflect the psychological state of personal attitudes and desires of the speaker. The paper is presented in two main sections, an introduction and conclusions. The first section discusses the wishing and imploring expressions in English with their major types. The second section deals with wishing and imploring expressions in Arabic, giving sufficient examples from the glorious Qur'an and shedding light on the rhetorical purposes behind such uses. At the end of the paper, there are the major findings that the researcher has reached at. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| semantics; Contrastive studies; expressions | ||
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