192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. This corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic sheds light on their intricate nature, establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behaviour, and provides explanations for these patterns. Adopting a descriptive framework, the study addresses two main issues... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Methodology and Data 3. The Semantic Structure of Arabic Idioms 4. The Discursive Behaviour of Arabic Idioms 5. The Lexical and Grammatical Behaviour of Arabic Idioms 6. Conclusions
Biography
Ashraf Abdou is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at　the American University in Cairo and Lecturer of Linguistics at Cairo University. His research focuses on Arabic phraseology, Arabic corpus linguistics, spoken discourse analysis, Arabic lexicography and English-Arabic contrastive phraseology.
