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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 193-200 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | RomanoArabica |
Volume | 16 |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Brevity
- Elative structure
- Palestinian Arabic
- Proverb
- Rhyme
- Symmetry
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language