Linguistics Assumptions between English and Arabic Articles

Mohamed Taha Ali Hassan, Fatima Salaheldeen Ahmed Hamza

Abstract


This paper displays the linguistics assumptions of articles for Arabic and English languages. It attempts to deal with the fundamentals of articles and articles’ use with respect to the two languages. The main objective of this paper is to help researchers in this field with the necessary similarities and differences of articles. The paper also highlights the importance of the context and provides some examples of articles’ use with regards to Arabic and English languages. 


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Linguistics assumptions, Articles, Arabic, English

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