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Idiomatic false friends in English and Modern Standard Arabic

What is it about?

About idiomatic expressions that have the same form in English and Arabic, but have different meanings or different stylistic effects.

Why is it important?

False friends have usually been associated with single words. This study is about false friends at the higher level of set phrases such as idioms and collocations. False friends have also been generally discussed with reference to genetically related languages. This paper shows that they can also exist in languages from different families. The results are useful for translators, language teachers, and students of English and Arabic.

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Ahmed Al-Wahy
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