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Publication details [#28795]

Al-Qinai, Jamal B.S. 1999. Assimilation vs translation of SL lexical items: Factors and criteria. ITL 125 - 126 : 277–317.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

lexicon | loanword | second language acquisition | translation

Language as a subject

Arabic | Greek, Ancient | Languages, Semitic

Place, Publisher

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

ISBN

0019-0810

Journal WWW

benjamins.com/catalog/itl

Annotation

This paper deals with three major issues related to the Arabic assimilation of foreign lexicon. These issues constitute a primary concern for translators working from and into Arabic.