Contrary to the long-standing view that regards fixedness as one of the defining features of phraseological units (PUs), investigation of authentic texts suggests that PUs display a higher degree of variability than was generally assumed. The present paper aims to classify and provide explanations for the types of lexical variation in Modern Arabic PUs that have been calqued from English. It shows that calqued PUs display types of lexical variation that are different from those displayed by original PUs. The study also argues that explanations that are restricted to only one branch of linguistics cannot fully account for the types of variation found in Arabic calqued PUs and that an approach that combines both linguistic and extra-linguistic aspects can provide a more appropriate explanatory tool for such variation.
Seddik Al-Wahy, A. (2019). Lexical Variation in Arabic Phraseological Units Calqued from English: An Explanatory Approach. Textual Turnings: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in English Studies, 1(1), 275-300. doi: 10.21608/ttaip.2019.123774
MLA
Ahmed Seddik Al-Wahy. "Lexical Variation in Arabic Phraseological Units Calqued from English: An Explanatory Approach". Textual Turnings: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in English Studies, 1, 1, 2019, 275-300. doi: 10.21608/ttaip.2019.123774
HARVARD
Seddik Al-Wahy, A. (2019). 'Lexical Variation in Arabic Phraseological Units Calqued from English: An Explanatory Approach', Textual Turnings: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in English Studies, 1(1), pp. 275-300. doi: 10.21608/ttaip.2019.123774
VANCOUVER
Seddik Al-Wahy, A. Lexical Variation in Arabic Phraseological Units Calqued from English: An Explanatory Approach. Textual Turnings: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in English Studies, 2019; 1(1): 275-300. doi: 10.21608/ttaip.2019.123774
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