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Translating Idiomatic English Phrasal Verbs Into Arabic TRANSLATING IDIOMATIC ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS INTO ARABIC By Ali Yunis Aldahesh A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney In fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy February, 2008 © A Y Aldahesh February 2008 ii DEDICATION To my beloved kids: Jaafar, Ahmad and Ielaf iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I should like to express my sincere indebtedness to all those who, without their generous assistance, this work would not exist. I should like in particular to thank my chair supervisor Dr. Raymond Chakhachiro for his expert help, insightful comments, and supportive encouragement, my co-supervisor Professor Stuart Campbell for his invaluable feedback and his constructive criticism in various stages of completion of this thesis, and my co-supervisor Dr Rosemary Suliman for going into a number of issues of this study with me and bringing some great ideas to my attention. I am profoundly grateful to my colleagues and my dear students who expressed their interest and agreed to take part in the empirical part of the study. Their responses were of optimal benefit and are deeply appreciated. I also warmly thank my colleague Dr. Paul White for his proofreading of the thesis and for the professional comments and corrections he made. I owe special dept of gratitude to my colleague Dr. Abbas Brashi for many hours of invaluable discussions about my plan and proposal from the very beginning of my candidature. Finally, I am particularly indebted to my lovely family for their support, encouragement and patience throughout my long journey. They imparted me with the most creative environment. Without them, it is true, I would not make it. iv STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICATION The work presented in this thesis is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, original except as acknowledged in the text. I herby declare that I have not submitted this material, either in whole or in part, for a degree at this or any other institution. ……………………………………………….. Ali Yunis Aldahesh v TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES ...............................................................................................xiiiii LIST OF FIGURES..................................................................................................xv KEY TO TRANSLITERATION SYSTEM ............................................................ xvi KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................. xix ABSTRACT............................................................................................................ xx CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 1.1 Historical background of PVs in English.......................................................... 2 1.2 Justification of the study .................................................................................. 7 1.3 Purpose of the study......................................................................................... 8 1.4 Layout of the study........................................................................................ 11 1.5 Limitations of the study ................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE................................ 14 2.1 Introduction................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Idioms and idiomaticity in English and Arabic............................................... 14 2.2.1 Idioms and idiomaticity in English.......................................................... 15 2.2.2 Idioms and idiomaticity in Arabic ........................................................... 19 2.3 Definition of PVs in English .......................................................................... 23 2.4 Syntactic properties of EPVs.......................................................................... 27 2.4.1 Word class of EPVs ................................................................................ 27 2.4.1.1 Verbs ................................................................................................... 28 2.4.1.2 Particles ............................................................................................... 29 vi 2.4.1.2.1 Adverbs............................................................................................. 30 2.4.1.2.2 Prepositions....................................................................................... 33 2.4.2 Syntactic categories of EPVs................................................................... 37 2.4.2.1 Verb + adverb combinations................................................................. 39 2.4.2.1.1 Intransitive PVs................................................................................. 39 2.4.2.1.2 Transitive PVs................................................................................... 40 2.4.2.2 Verb + preposition combinations.......................................................... 41 2.4.2.2.1 Intransitive prepositional verbs.......................................................... 41 2.4.2.2.2 Transitive prepositional verbs............................................................ 41 2.4.2.3 Verb + adverb + preposition combinations ........................................... 42 2.4.2.3.1 Intransitive phrasal-prepositional verbs ............................................. 43 2.4.2.3.2 Transitive phrasal-prepositional verbs ............................................... 43 2.4.3 Word order of EPVs................................................................................ 44 2.5 Semantic properties of EPVs.......................................................................... 49 2.5.1 EPVs' criteria.......................................................................................... 50 2.5.2 Semantic categories of EPVs................................................................... 53 2.5.3 Cohesion of PVs' elements...................................................................... 62 2.5.4 British and American dialects ................................................................. 63 2.5.5 Register variations of EPVs .................................................................... 65 2.6 PVs in Arabic ................................................................................................ 70 2.6.1 Lentzner.................................................................................................. 71 2.6.2 Abboud and McCarus ............................................................................. 78 2.6.3 Heliel...................................................................................................... 79 2.6.4 Alkhuli.................................................................................................... 82 2.6.5 Najiib...................................................................................................... 82 vii 2.6.6 Siinii, Hussein and Al-ddoush................................................................. 82 2.6.7 Summary of section 2.6........................................................................... 86 2.7 Derivation of PVs in English and Arabic ....................................................... 90 2.7.1 Derivation in English .............................................................................. 91 2.7.2 Derivation in Arabic................................................................................ 94 2.7.3 Derivation of PVs in English................................................................... 99 2.7.3.1 Deriving PVs from adjectives..............................................................100 2.7.3.2 Deriving PVs from nouns....................................................................100 2.7.3.3 Deriving PVs from Latinate verbs.......................................................101 2.7.3.4 Deriving nouns from PVs....................................................................102 2.7.4 Productivity ...........................................................................................104 2.7.4.1 Productivity in English........................................................................105 2.7.4.2 Productivity in Arabic.........................................................................107 2.8 PVs in English lexicography.........................................................................110 2.8.1 PVs in general English-English dictionaries...........................................111 2.8.2 PVs in specialized English-English dictionaries .....................................113 2.8.2.1 An Analysis and Dictionary of Two-Word Verbs in English Illustrated in Sentences ...................................................................................113 2.8.2.2 Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs and their Idioms..........................115 2.8.2.3 Time-Chambers Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs ......................................119 2.8.2.4 Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.................................................122 2.8.2.5 The Student's Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs...........................................125 2.8.2.6 Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs ..................................127 2.8.2.7 NTC's Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and Other Idiomatic Verbal Phrases .......................................................................................................................131 viii 2.8.2.8 Oxford Dictionary of phrasal verbs .....................................................133
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