Analysis of Morphological Shifts in Definiteness or Indefiniteness in Arabic- Amharic Translation of The Holy Qur’an
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https://doi.org/10.22452/quranica.vol16no2.3Keywords:
Definiteness, Indefiniteness, Target Text, Source Text, Morphological ShiftAbstract
The main objective of this study is to analyze morphological shifts of definiteness/indefiniteness in Arabic–Amharic translation of the Holy Qur’an. The study is a qualitative study with descriptive and content analysis design. It relies on primary linguistic data. The data are obtained from the Holy Qur’an and its Amharic translation by co-translators Muhammad Thani and Sayyid (1969). The data are extracted using purposive sampling technique. The findings of the study reveal that Shifts in definiteness/indefiniteness have been observed in the translation of the Holy Qur’an from Arabic into Amharic. Both Arabic and Amharic use definite and indefinite form of a noun; however, sometimes a definite noun in Arabic is textually used in the indefinite form in Amharic. This shows that the translators of the Holy Qur’an from Arabic into Amharic used intra-system translation shift.
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