Idiomatic False Friends Between Standard Arabic, Algerian Arabic, and French: A Comparative Study and Translation Challenges
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https://doi.org/10.63939/ajts.9zmqje28Keywords:
False Friends, Foreign Language Teaching, Idiomatic Expressions, Teaching & Learning, TranslationAbstract
This study aims to propose an extension of the reflection on the phenomenon of false friends in linguistics, taking into account not only isolated lexical units, but also integrating idiomatic expressions.
The analysis conducted here seeks to verify the existence of this phenomenon in the Algerian context and to study its impact on the foreign language teaching and learning process, as well as to determine its consequences on translation practices, the challenges it generates, and the issues that result.
In summary, it is important to emphasize that this research is conducted on two different contrastive contexts: French–Standard Arabic and French–Algerian Arabic.
This research approach has made it possible to demonstrate that idiomatic false friends are not simply a mere extension of the concept of lexical false friends, but rather mobilize complex metaphorical, pragmatic, and cultural dimensions.
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