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Les formules expressives de la conversation : description linguistique et équivalence en arabe
A Descriptive Analysis of Expressive Conversational Formulas in French and Their Arabic Equivalents

Author(s): Najwa Gharbi
Subject(s): Language studies, Lexis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies, Phraseology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: expressive expressions of conversation; context; equivalences in Arabic; fixation; emotion; typology; Lexicoscope;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims firstly to delineate the expressive formulas of conversation (FEC) compared to other subtypes of pragmatic phraseology, highlighting their main characteristics. Secondly, to outline a simple typology of FEC, based on two criteria: discursive and pragmatic. Finally, to propose the translation of a group of FEC while comparing the structure of formulas in French and their Arabic equivalents.

  • Issue Year: 44/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 161-173
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: French