Search for dissertations about: "Arabic"

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2. 16. Hendiadys in the Hebrew Bible, An Investigation of the Applications of the Term

   Author : Rosmari Lillas; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; hendiadys; rhetorical figures; classical languages; Virgil; Servius; Hebrew Bible; Aramaic; Latin; Greek; semantics; pragmatics; idioms; semantic fields; antonyms; synonyms; adverbial modifiers; incongruence; Arabic; Akkadian; inalienability;

   Abstract : It is evident that the term hendiadys, which is derived from the classical rhetorial tradition has for hundred of years been frequently applied to constructions and combinations of components in the Hebrew Bible. This study investigates on which constructions and components in the Hebrew Bible that the term hendiadys is applied to, and hence which phenomena that induces the use of the term. READ MORE

4. 17. A War of Words: defining Terrorism in Arab and Israeli Press 1972-1996 (2001) : a Study in Propaganda, Semantics and Pragmatics

   Author : Torkel Lindquist; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Keywords : Arabic; Hebrew; Media; Torah; Koran; Semantics; Terrorism; Propaganda; Pragmatics;

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5. 18. The History of Standard Negation in Semitic

   Author : Ambjörn Sjörs; Bo Isaksson; John Huehnergard; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; negation; Semitic; linguistics; grammaticalization; diachrony; comparative; Akkadian; Assyrian; Babylonian; Ugaritic; Biblical Hebrew; Arabic; Phoenician; Aramaic; Sabaic; Minaic; Jibbali; Tigre; Tigrinya; Amharic; Harari; Gurage; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : This thesis provides a synchronic description of verbal negation in over fifteen Semitic languages and a historical assessment of these expressions. The objectives are to describe the expression of standard negation in these languages, to compare these negative clauses with their affirmative counterparts as well as  expressions of non-standard negation, and to relate historically the negative expressions of different languages. READ MORE

6. 19. Arabic Borrowings in Ṣūrayt/Ṭūrōyo within the Framework of Phonological Correspondences  : In Comparison with other Semitic Languages

   Author : Sina Tezel; Bo Isaksson; Jan Retsö; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ṭūrōyo; Arabic borrowings; phonological correspondences; Semitic languages; cognate roots; etymology; bəġaḏkəfaṯ; neologisms; Semitic languages; Semitiska språk; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : A group of Semitic cognate roots within the framework of phonological correspondences contain one (or more) of the following Proto-Semitic consonants *g, *ṯ, *ḏ, *ṯ̣, *ḏ̣/ṣ́, *ḫ, *ġ, *ś, *š, which differ significantly in the various principal Semitic languages. Their Arabic reflexes are ǧ, ṯ, ḏ, ẓ, ḍ, ḫ, ġ, š, s. READ MORE

7. 20. The Arabic Dialect of Šɛ̄xṭɔ̄ba/Shaykh Taba (northern Lebanon) in its Regional context

   Author : Mahmut Ağbaht; Eleanor Coghill; Arnold Werner; Shabo Talay; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Language documentation; Levantine Arabic dialects; Šɛ̄xṭɔ̄ba Shaykh Taba; northern Lebanon; pausal phenomena; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : This study provides the first grammatical description of a sedentary type of Arabic from Akkar (محافظة عكار), the northernmost governorate of Lebanon. It deals with the Arabic dialect spoken in Šɛ̄xṭɔ̄ba/Shaykh Taba (الشيخ طابا) and covers the main features of its phonology (with focus on pausal phenomena) and morphology, as well as selected semantic fields within the lexicon. READ MORE