Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Foreign Languages) by Author "Mohamed, Yasien"
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An examination of the correspondence between sound and meaning in certain chapters of the holy Qur'an
Mutawali, Male Farouk Ali (University of the Western Cape, 2010)The study of sound symbolism, phonetics and semantics has been of major concern for linguists since the Greeks and the Romans in the fifth century before AD. The idea of sound symbolism - the existence of correspondence ... -
The Qur’ānic Sufi Hermeneutics of Shaykh Muṣṭafā’ al-‘Alāwī: A critical study of his Lubāb al- ‘Ilm Fī Sūrah al-Najm
Hendricks, Mogamat Mahgadien (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The main focus of this dissertation is a critical study of the Arabic text, titled: Lubāb al ‘Ilm Fī Sūrah al-Najm (The Kernel of Knowledge in the Chapter of the Star) by Shaykh Ahmad bin Muṣṭafā’ al-‘Alāwī. Due to the ... -
Using the first language to improve Arabic-speaking students' speaking skills in English as a second language
Etbaigha, Intisar Alsagier (University of the Western Cape, 2017)For several decades since the advent of Communicative Language Teaching and the Direct Method, using the first language (L1) in second-language (L2) teaching has been out of favour. However, arguments for using the L1as ... -
Women & Leadership in Islam
Jalajel, David Solomon (2013)The present research examines the post-formative Islamic legal literature surrounding the question of women’s leadership to gauge whether and to what extent the development of Islamic legislation pertaining to women was ...