LOANWRD: Loanwords
| LOANWRD: Loanwords | |
|---|---|
| Category | Negative Rhetorical Effects |
| Balaghascore.com | |
| Code | CG-1 |
| BalaghaBase.org | |
| Code | Q134 |
| Cite this page | |
| 🔗 DOI | 10.64393/balagha.Q134 |
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| Taxonomy | |
| ARDT | v0.1.0, v0.1.1 |
Definition
Loanwords - literal transliterations into Arabic of a foreign word, such as kambyūtar for “computer” are considered to detract from the rhetoric qualities of a text.
Conversely, calques - semantic translations into Arabic of a foreign word without phonetic matching, such as kurat al-qadam for “football” - do not detract from rhetoric qualities of a text.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Hussein Abdul-Raof, Arabic Rhetoric: A Pragmatic Analysis (Oxford: Routledge, 2006), 23, ISBN 9780415386098. DOI: 10.4324/9780203965399
- ↑ Hussein Abdul-Raof, Arabic Rhetoric: A Pragmatic Analysis (Oxford: Routledge, 2006), 240-241, ISBN 9780415386098. DOI: 10.4324/9780203965399
Page history
- 2026-02-11 - Migration to Semantic Device Identifiers: Renamed from D-1: Loanwords to LOANWRD: Loanwords.
- 2025-11-20 - Page incorporated into the Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy (v0.1.1).
- 2024-04-22 - Page created: Loanwords.
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