Word-Formalion Processes in Standard English and Modern Standard Arabic: Contrastive Analysis Study

Abstract

This thesis focuses on analyzing and contrasting the process of word-formation in Modem Standard Arabic (MSA) and Standard English (SE) in order to reveal the similarities and differences between them and their potential productively for pedagogical purposes, and it is useful for native and non-native linguists. Word-formation is a problematic area of research, especially in Arabic language, because there are some processes that have no specific rules but there are exceptions followed, the data for this study has been collected from different sources, complied works and analyzed in terms of morphology, productivity and semantic indications of both SE and MSA. It has been found that Standard English and modern standard Arabic reveal similarities as well as differences. The similarities are found in some general universals, such as affixation compounding, blending onomatopoeia, borrowing, conversion and acronyms.