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Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2017
A corpus of 300 compounds, i.e. expressions containing "Om" and "Abu" in Arabic was collected and analyzed. Translation students were asked to translate a sample of expressions containing "Om" and "Abu" to English. Results showed that although, "Om" and "Abu" in Arabic literally mean…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Translation, Language Usage, English