Phraseological Units in the Work Rabi‘u-l-Abrar
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https://doi.org/10.57033/mijournals-2026-2-0044Keywords:
phraseological units, Rabiʿ al-Abrar, al-Zamakhshari, semantic classification, positive and negative meaning, classical Arabic linguisticsAbstract
This study is of significant theoretical and practical importance not only for Arabic linguistics and literary studies, but also for further research in comparative-historical linguistics, translation studies, cognitive linguistics, and intercultural communication. In particular, it contributes to addressing the problem of accurate interpretation of phraseological units in the high-quality translation of religious and didactic texts. The article classifies the phraseological units found in the work into four semantic groups (human-related concepts, the universe, time and space, and abstract notions), systematizes them according to positive and negative semantic orientation, and reveals their lexical-grammatical structure as well as their pragmatic functions.
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