Apostrophe in English and Arabic
Basic Education College Magazine For Educational and Humanities Sciences
2016, Volume , Issue 26, Pages 185-202
2016, Volume , Issue 26, Pages 185-202
Abstract
This study tackles the notion of apostrophe in English compared with that in Arabic. Apostrophe is a turning away in which the absent person and the inanimate are adressed as though present and living. The paper proposes to identify the areas of differences in apostrophe in English and Arabic and this problem is due to differences in linguistic system of the two languages.
Keywords
Apostrophe in English and ArabicMetrics