The Arabic Element in Scots Lexis
The Arabic Element in Scots Lexis
Author(s): JEREMY J. SMITHSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Instytut Anglistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Scots; Arabic; etymology; Dictionaries of the Scots Language; Oxford English Dictionary
Summary/Abstract: Detailed study of individual lexemes can open up interesting angles on the cultural underpinnings needed for the understanding of linguistic history. This paper surveys that element of Scots vocabulary that has been flagged as derived, even if at several removes, from Arabic. To do so, it draws primarily on the materials supplied by the Dictionaries of the Scots Language and the Oxford English Dictionary, supplemented by wider contextual analysis.
Journal: ANGLICA - An International Journal of English Studies
- Issue Year: 32/2023
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 43-59
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English