Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh
List of John Benjamins publications in which Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh is involved.
2026 On the grammaticalization of raːħ: Semantic and social variation Linguistic Variation: Online-First Articles | Article
This research aims to examine the grammaticalization process of the lexical verb raːħ ‘went’ in the Urban Jordanian dialect, and explore semantic differences and sociolinguistic factors (gender and age) that influence the use of raːħ variants. We used a forced-choice task to identify the… read more
2022 love and beloved metaphors in Jordanian Arabic and English songs: A cognitive linguistic study Metaphor and the Social World 12:2, pp. 318–339 | Article
This study examines love and beloved metaphors from the cross-cultural perspective of Jordanian Arabic (JA) and English. The conceptual models suggested by Lakoff and Johnson (1980, 1999) and Kövecses (2014) and force dynamics proposed by Talmy (1988) are adopted as the theoretical frameworks… read more
2018 An analysis of Arabic metaphorical and/or metonymical compounds: A cognitive linguistic approach Metaphor and the Social World 8:1, pp. 100–133 | Article
This study provides an analysis of Arabic metaphorical and/or metonymical compounds, extracted from a 20,000-word corpus, based on Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Conceptual Blending Theory. The analysis focuses on the semantic transparency of these compounds, on the one hand, and their… read more
The silent order: Gestural emblems and symbolic meaning-making in Jordanian street coffee shops Gesture: Online-First Articles | Article
This study investigates non-verbal hand gestures used in street drive-thru coffee shops (gahwet taka:si) in Amman, Jordan, focusing on their role as stand-alone emblems for quick transactions. Integrating Symbolic Interactionism with theories of conventionalization and embodiment, the paper… read more