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Author Johnstone, Barbara.

Title Repetition in Arabic discourse : paradigms, syntagms, and the ecology of language / Barbara Johnstone.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 1991.

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Description 1 online resource (130 pages).
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Series Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 18
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 18.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-130).
Summary In this examination of expository prose in contemporary Arabic, structural and semantic repetition is found to be responsible both for linguistic cohesion and for rhetorical force. Johnstone identifies and discusses repetitive features on every level of analysis. Writers in Arabic use lexical couplets consisting of conjoined synonyms, which create new semantic paradigms as they evoke old ones. Morphological roots and patterns are repeated at close range, and this creates phonological rhyme as well. Regular patterns of paraphrase punctuate texts, and patterns of parallelism mark the internal st.
Contents REPETITION IN ARABIC DISCOURSE PARADIGMS, SYNTAGMS, AND THE ECOLOGY OF LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; Table of contents; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: PARADIGMATIC STRUCTURE AND PARALLELISTIC DISCOURSE; CHAPTER 3: LEXICAL COUPLETS AND SEMANTIC PARADIGMS; CHAPTER 4: MORPHOLOGICAL REPETITION; CHAPTER 5: PARAPHRASE AND RHETORICAL PRESENTATION; CHAPTER 6: PARALLELISM AND PARATAXIS; CHAPTER 7: REASONS FOR REPETITION: SOURCES OF CONSTRAINT ON ARABIC DISCOURSE; REFERENCES.
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Subject Arabic language -- Style.
Arabic language -- Style.
Repetition (Rhetoric)
Repetition (Rhetoric)
Indexed Term Arabic language Style
Repetition (Rhetoric)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Johnstone, Barbara. Repetition in Arabic discourse. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 1991 1556192843 9781556192845 (DLC) 90023248 (OCoLC)22733826
ISBN 9789027282941 (electronic book)
9027282943 (electronic book)
1556192843
9781556192845
9027250286
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