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Corresponding Author

Tareq Abdo Abdullah Al-Hamidi

Document Type

Original Study

Subject Areas

Language/Linguistics and Literature

Keywords

English, Arabic, word-formation, similar process, linguistics

Abstract

This paper sets out on a comparative analysis of similar word-formation processes in English and Arabic. In doing so, it hopes to emerge and serve as subsequent and reliable, albeit partial, reference material for English and Arabic linguistics, especially in reference to linguistic structures. The framework herein for the study and analysis of word-formation processes in both languages may also be applied in future studies and other genres, corpora, and texts. This study enriches the research findings and meta-theory in the field of linguistics, contributing to the current linguistic intellectualism trends. The specific processes discussed are acronyms, antonomasia, backformation, blending, borrowing, compounding, and derivation.

Publication Date

2020

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