Publication date

2026-01-26T17:46:15Z

2019

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Abstract

Arabic, English, French and Spanish differ in important ways. Arabic is a Semitic language which is a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, while English is a Germanic language, and French and Spanish are Romance languages. Germanic and Romance languages are branches of the Indo-European language family. English, French and Spanish are spoken in countries and communities quite distant from the Arabic-speaking world, geographically and culturally. These communities form what is known as Western culture, which is different in many respects from Arabic culture.

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Chapter or part of a book


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English

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Routledge

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Capítol del llibre:Faiq, Said (ed.). Arabic Translation across Discourses. New York: Routledge, 2019, [ISBN: 978-1-138-48023-0], pp. 95-114.

Routledge Studies in Language and Identity

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