Modern Languages Theses: Recent submissions
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A critical edition of Kitab Raf' shan al-hubshan by Jalal al-din al-Suyuti
(1983) - ThesisThe edition is based on nine manuscripts. The work deals with the virtues of noble Abyssinians and is based on the earlier work by ibn al-Jawzi which it partly extends. The Arabic writings on the black races are ... -
Predictive-based syntagms in Kamali Arabic compared with similar patterns in English
(1980) - ThesisThe present work is mainly concerned with the syntactic structures of the predicative-based syntagms in I4amali Arabic. The constituents within these syntagms are further analysed until the relations between pleremes ... -
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 ...