الفهرس 
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Abstract
This is a pragma-linguistic study of figurative language in English and Arabic
proverbs. The study is divided into five chapters preceded by an introduction and
followed by a conclusion. This thesis is an attempt to investigate the phenomenon of
figurative language in both English and Egyptian colloquial Arabic with reference to
some common popular proverbs. This study also is a contrastive study of figurative
language in some proverbs in both varieties. The study is conducted on the pragmatic
level with the aim of finding out whether the two languages; English and Arabic
contain similarities or not.
On the basis of the classification of speech act theory initiated by Austin and
further developed by Searle, and in accordance with the Analysis of figurative
language in both English and Egyptian colloquial Arabic, the following results
were reached:
• In both languages, the selected proverbs have the same functions and the
same intended meaning. They imply the same figurative language,
metaphor, simile, metonymy and personification. In spite of the fact that
these proverbs are the result of cultural, cognitive and social values, they
have something in common in both languages.
Further research is needed to study figurative language in proverbs prevailing in
different urban contexts and also those prevailing in different rural settings focusing
on a certain social significant idea.