Saḥūri wala tbūri: Elative structures in colloquial Palestinian Arabic proverbs

Ward Aqil

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Abstract

Elative structures are very frequent in old Arabic proverbs and in colloquial Arabic proverbs as well. The structure “X wala Y” is one of the most frequent and special elative structures in Arabic proverbs in general. The primary goal of this article is to introduce this structure and its specificity, considering the other elative structures which were found in Palestinian Arabic (PA) proverbs, and in Standard Arabic (SA) proverbs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)193-200
Number of pages8
JournalRomanoArabica
Volume16
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Brevity
  • Elative structure
  • Palestinian Arabic
  • Proverb
  • Rhyme
  • Symmetry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language

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