Abed Shahooth Khalaf
Biographic Data
| ID | 4216269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abed Shahooth Khalaf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abed Shahooth |
| FAMILY NAME | Khalaf |
| SIGNATURE | KHALAF A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Anbar |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5608-2031 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Metaphoric Configuration of Microsynecdoches in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry
Objective: This paper aims to investigate the human body parts Dickinson fosters in constructing synecdoche. It is postulated that the ‘face’, ‘eyes’, and ‘heart’ are more frequent than the other body parts in Dickinson’s overall poems. These are typically employed as representations of microsynecdoches to communicate deep emotions and abstract thoughts and concepts the poet experienced. Methodology: The qualitative content analysis approach is i…
Qualitative analysis of the impact of deleting swearwords on their communicative effect in Arabic subtitling
Swearwords are deliberately used in movies to achieve certain communicative effects, including the expression of characters’ inner feelings, their social and educational backgrounds, and the relationships among the characters. Such traits need to be preserved in the interlingual subtitling of these movies so that the effects of swearwords on the source recipients are duly transferred to the target audience. However, for religious and cultural rea…
Investigating the Aesthetic Effect in the Arabic Translations of Gibran's the Prophet
This study aims at investigating the extent to which the aesthetic effect (AE) in Gibran's The Prophet has been maintained among Arab recipients in four translations of this masterpiece, namely Okasha (2000), Nuaimy (2013), Al-ābid (2017), and Antonius (2017). To this end, the source text (ST) AE laden segments and their target text (TT) counterparts are compared in terms of lexical selection, sentence structure, and metaphors employed. Data of t…
Pragmatic Functions of Swearwords in the Amateur Subtitling of American Crime Drama Movies into Arabic
Pragmatic Functions of Swearwords 98 their Arabic amateur subtitles was collated.The pragmatic analysis approach utilising Speech Act Theory was used whereby the primary speech act/force of each swearword was identified, and Wajnryb's (2005) model for categorising the pragmatic functions expressed by the swearwords was employed.The findings of the study indicate significant differences in the expressed pragmatic functions of swearwords in the mov…
Investigating the Aesthetic Effect in the Arabic Translations of Gibran's the Prophet
This study aims at investigating the extent to which the aesthetic effect (AE) in Gibran's The Prophet has been maintained among Arab recipients in four translations of this masterpiece, namely Okasha (2000), Nuaimy (2013), Al-ābid (2017), and Antonius (2017). To this end, the source text (ST) AE laden segments and their target text (TT) counterparts are compared in terms of lexical selection, sentence structure, and metaphors employed. Data of t…
Pragmatic Functions of Swearwords in the Amateur Subtitling of American Crime Drama Movies into Arabic
Pragmatic Functions of Swearwords 98 their Arabic amateur subtitles was collated.The pragmatic analysis approach utilising Speech Act Theory was used whereby the primary speech act/force of each swearword was identified, and Wajnryb's (2005) model for categorising the pragmatic functions expressed by the swearwords was employed.The findings of the study indicate significant differences in the expressed pragmatic functions of swearwords in the mov…
Pragmatic Functions of Swearwords in the Amateur Subtitling of American Crime Drama Movies into Arabic
Pragmatic Functions of Swearwords 98 their Arabic amateur subtitles was collated.The pragmatic analysis approach utilising Speech Act Theory was used whereby the primary speech act/force of each swearword was identified, and Wajnryb's (2005) model for categorising the pragmatic functions expressed by the swearwords was employed.The findings of the study indicate significant differences in the expressed pragmatic functions of swearwords in the mov…
Investigating the Aesthetic Effect in the Arabic Translations of Gibran's the Prophet
This study aims at investigating the extent to which the aesthetic effect (AE) in Gibran's The Prophet has been maintained among Arab recipients in four translations of this masterpiece, namely Okasha (2000), Nuaimy (2013), Al-ābid (2017), and Antonius (2017). To this end, the source text (ST) AE laden segments and their target text (TT) counterparts are compared in terms of lexical selection, sentence structure, and metaphors employed. Data of t…
Metaphoric Configuration of Microsynecdoches in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry
Objective: This paper aims to investigate the human body parts Dickinson fosters in constructing synecdoche. It is postulated that the ‘face’, ‘eyes’, and ‘heart’ are more frequent than the other body parts in Dickinson’s overall poems. These are typically employed as representations of microsynecdoches to communicate deep emotions and abstract thoughts and concepts the poet experienced. Methodology: The qualitative content analysis approach is i…
Qualitative analysis of the impact of deleting swearwords on their communicative effect in Arabic subtitling
Swearwords are deliberately used in movies to achieve certain communicative effects, including the expression of characters’ inner feelings, their social and educational backgrounds, and the relationships among the characters. Such traits need to be preserved in the interlingual subtitling of these movies so that the effects of swearwords on the source recipients are duly transferred to the target audience. However, for religious and cultural rea…
Arabic (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (3 works) · Amateur (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Drama (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)