Modern Languages (School of): Recent submissions
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Aspects of the problems of translating metaphor, with special reference to modern Arabic poetry
(1997) - ThesisThis thesis examines a crucial area in the translation of poetic discourse, the translatability of modern Arabic metaphor into English. Two main questions are addressed. Firstly, what makes a particular metaphor easy to ... -
A critical edition of Ru'us al-masa'il by al-Zamakhshari (d. 538 A.H. / 1144)
(1977) - ThesisThis thesis consists of two parts. The first part deals with an introduction which is divided into five chapters, Chapter one provides, general information on the MS, the copyist and the orthography. The date and ... -
The semiotics of printed instructions (graphic signa)
(1986) - ThesisThis thesis sets out to describe sign systems for communication using Axiomatic Functionalism as its theoretical framework. In doing so, the thesis also provides an important test to the claim of Axiomatic Functionalism ... -
Al-Maqalat al Jawhariyya `ala al-Maqamat al-Haririyya
(1975) - ThesisThe Thesis presents a critical edition of the first volume of Khayr al-Din ibn Taj al-Din Ilyas al-Madani’s al-Maqalat al-Jawhariyya `ala al-Maqamat al-Haririyya, accompanied by an introduction dealing briefly with the ...