TOWARD A THEORY OF MOTHER - DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARABIC AND ENGLISH

Authors

  • Omar Mustafa Abuhumos Associate Professor Alquds University, Abudis, Palestine

Keywords:

relationship, borrowing, origin

Abstract

This communication attempts to answer the question regarding the origin or the mother of the English as a Germanic language. Many scholars have attempted to find out the answer calling the original language the “Indo- European” language but never substantiated and resolved it. The researcher is proposing new theory claiming the mother language is the Arabic language not accepting the evidences in the form of cognates to be a simple borrowing relationship between Arabic to English or accidental similarities. The researcher provided the following cognate systems to substantiate the theory; a large shared vocabulary, kin words, pronoun systems, body parts, names of animals, linguistic evidence, old property and items, names which do not change over time.

Author Biography

  • Omar Mustafa Abuhumos, Associate Professor Alquds University, Abudis, Palestine

    Dr. Omar Abuhumos who holds a PhD in First and Second Language Acquisition, is an associate professor at the Department of English language and Literature at Alquds University Palestine. His researches mainly focus on the reading comprehension skill.

References

Alhashimi, M. (2102). Paradis- Introduction - adventure of Arabic language throughout history - A comprehensive introduction of Arabic influence on English language. Obeikan Press. Alriyad, Saudi Arabia.

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Published

2019-11-10

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Articles