P. A. Johnson

A word's indeclinability in Arabic is determined by its similarity to the particles, which are considered to possess the defining characteristics of indeclinability. This similarity is found in four categories: similarity in terms of structure; similarity in terms of meaning; si…

Previous research has indicated that the linguistic structure and culturally determined background of prose may influence the readers' comprehension of a text written in a foreign language and set in a foreign culture. The present study sought to investigate the extent of these …