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Semantic Extension in Verbs of Touch in English and Arabic


Semantic Extension in Verbs of Touch in English and Arabic


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von: Hussain Hameed Mayuuf, Riyadh Tariq Al-Ameedi

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Verlag: Grin Verlag
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 03.03.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9783346355997
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 21

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Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: PhD, University of Baghdad, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the semantic extensions of verbs of touch in English and Arabic. Verbs of touch, as one type of verbs of sensation, are extended metaphorically in a variety of ways that is different from one language to another. Culture is assumed to strongly influence the semantic extensions of verbs of sensation in general and those of touch in particular. This study comes out with a conclusion that this type of verbs are extended semantically to cover a variety of meanings in both languages, English and Arabic.

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