Arabic Rhetoric: A Pragmatic Analysis
- ISBN-10
- 0415663792
- ISBN-13
- 9780415663793
- Category
- Foreign Language Study
- Pages
- 316
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Culture and Civilization in th
- Author
- Hussein Abdul-Raof
Description
Explores the history, disciplines, order and pragmatic functions of Arabic speech acts. This book offers an understanding of Arabic rhetoric and employs examples from modern standard Arabic. It also provides a glossary of over 448 rhetorical expressions listed in English with their translations.
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