Translation of the Holy Quran can be difficult for translators in terms of accuracy and translatability. Sometimes translators fail to render the Quranic thoughts because of the lack of language features in target languages. This results in an unfavorable interpretation. One of the challenging aspects of translating Quran is reference switching as rhetorical devices, which are widespread i...

We have studied the problem of generating expressive musical perfor mances in the context of tenor saxophone interpretations We have done several recordings of a tenor sax playing di erent Jazz ballads with di er ent degrees of expressiveness including an inexpressive interpretation of each ballad These recordings are analyzed using SMS spectral modeling techniques to extract information relate...

The present study is focused on the automatic identification and description of frozen similes in British and French novels written between the 19 century and the beginning of the 20 century. Two main patterns of frozen similes were considered: adjectival ground + simile marker + nominal vehicle (e.g. happy as a lark) and eventuality + simile marker + nominal vehicle (e.g. sleep like a top). Al...

This study is concerned with the employment of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory in analyzing a speech text. The selected text was reconstructed into some clauses and sentences subsequently analyzed terms its field, tenor, mode. results analysis have shown that register category field action America’s change. tenor as realization interpersonal meaning establishment an intimate relati...