Missing n Compilation: How much English is there in an Arabic-English Dictionary

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  • Abdul-Fattah Abu-Ssaydeh

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https://doi.org/10.33806/ijaes2000.7.1.6

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Arabic-English Studies

Abstract

When searching for the unfamiliar English equivalent of an Arabic word or expression, the Arab translator usually resorts to an Arabic-English dictionary. This tool, however, is inadequate for many reasons: 1) The overall coverage of English lexical items is neither thorough nor systematic 2) Little use is made of vital lexical relations such as collocations and multi-word units 3) Senses are not always accurate: some are incomplete, wrong or obsolete 4) The metaphorical potential and spoken expressions are rarely represented or explicitly expressed 5) A fairly large number of English words with affixes are overlooked. For all these reasons, a modified methodology of dictionary compilation should be considered and sources other than the Arabic-English dictionary should be consulted..

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2006-01-01

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Abu-Ssaydeh, A.-F. (2006). Missing n Compilation: How much English is there in an Arabic-English Dictionary. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, 7(1), 101–120. https://doi.org/10.33806/ijaes2000.7.1.6

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