DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES ON SOURCE DOMAIN IN WESTERN AND ORIENTAL LANGUAGE SYSTEMS ON THE EXAMPLE OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS APPROACH TO THE NABATI POETRY OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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Keywords: cognitive linguistics, Nabati Poetry, United Arab Emirates, source domain

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Abstract: This paper aims to submit evidence that contemporary Nabati poetry derives from the traditional Bedouin experience, lifestyle and mentality. This is visible through Source Domains present in the language of Nabati poetry. This work attempts to show and explain the differences and similarities within the Source Domain in Western and Oriental languages. In order to obtain diligent knowledge regarding the Nabati poetry, the paper relies on publications of His Excellency Jamal bin Howaireb, Saad Abdullah Al-Sowayan and Ibrahim Hamid Al-Chalidi. That enables to distinguish some crucial characteristics of Bedouin heritage and explain existence of particular Source Domains in the modern language. To show dependencies between culture and language I will use publications of cognitive linguists including George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, Mark Turner and Daniel Everett. In the presentation, there is applied a descriptive approach to the continuously vivid Nabati poetry of the Gulf. The results of this paper might encourage orientalists to use cognitive linguistics methodology in their research. This paper proves that this approach makes it possible to constitute complex image of cultural model of particular society. The research on Nabati poetry based on cognitive linguistics tools can widely contribute to better understanding of Arabic culture.

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