On the verge of extinction: the semantics, pragmatics, and etymology of eight endangered similes in Jish Arabic

IF 1.8 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Intercultural Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-08-22 DOI:10.1515/ip-2022-4004

S. Habib

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Abstract

Abstract This study has aimed (1) to look into the meaning and origin of eight similes used by older, but not by younger, native speakers of Jish Arabic and (2) to explicate their meanings using simple, universal human concepts. It is hypothesized that, with the passage of time, these similes will go extinct. That is, not only will they stop being used, but they will also not be recognized by native Jish Arabic speakers. Thus, by discussing their meaning and etymology, these similes can be preserved in writing, especially as Jish Arabic does not have any written records. By explicating them using simple, universal language, their meaning will be accessible to cultural outsiders.

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濒临灭绝：吉什阿拉伯语中八种濒危明喻的语义、语用学和词源

本研究的目的是:(1)探讨老年人使用而年轻人不使用的8个阿拉伯语明喻的含义和来源;(2)用简单的、普遍的人类概念来解释它们的含义。据推测，随着时间的推移，这些比喻将会灭绝。也就是说，它们不仅将不再被使用，而且也不会被以阿拉伯语为母语的人所识别。因此，通过讨论它们的意义和词源，这些比喻可以在书面中保存下来，特别是在阿拉伯语没有任何书面记录的情况下。通过使用简单、通用的语言来解释它们，文化外行人就能理解它们的含义。

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3.10

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36.40%

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期刊介绍： Intercultural Pragmatics is a fully peer-reviewed forum for theoretical and applied pragmatics research. The goal of the journal is to promote the development and understanding of pragmatic theory and intercultural competence by publishing research that focuses on general theoretical issues, more than one language and culture, or varieties of one language. Intercultural Pragmatics encourages ‘interculturality’ both within the discipline and in pragmatic research. It supports interaction and scholarly debate between researchers representing different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and interlanguage paradigms. The intercultural perspective is relevant not only to each line of research within pragmatics but also extends to several other disciplines such as anthropology, theoretical and applied linguistics, psychology, communication, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and bi- and multilingualism. Intercultural Pragmatics makes a special effort to cross disciplinary boundaries. What we primarily look for is innovative approaches and ideas that do not always fit into existing paradigms, and lead to new ways of thinking about language. Intercultural Pragmatics has always encouraged the publication of theoretical papers including linguistic and philosophical pragmatics that are very important for research in intercultural pragmatics.