Cultural and Linguistic Encounters: Arab EFL Learners Encoding and Decoding Idioms

Idioms are universal to all languages, and figurative language is pervasive in everyday discourse. However, idiom studies rarely touch on the problems figurative language can present to non-native speakers. This book sets out to provide an original analysis of the issue, focusing on a number of languages, including Arabic, Berber, French and English. The author addresses the question of idiomaticity from linguistic, psycholinguistic and pedagogical perspectives, highlighting in particular the strategies used by Arab learners (primarily Saudis and Algerians) to decode and encode idioms. The book explores in detail the process of identifying idioms and the factors that affect comprehension. The author also analyses the current state of bilingual Arabic-English-Arabic dictionaries and asks to what extent learners can rely on them as a source for decoding idioms.Cultural and Linguistic Encounters: Arab EFL Learners Encoding and Decoding Idioms 1st Edition is written by Anissa Daoudi and published by Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers. ISBNs for Cultural and Linguistic Encounters are 9783035301816, 3035301816 and the print ISBNs are 9783034301930, 3034301936.