DENG.2018.012

Linguistic Errors in Shop Signs in Erbil City

Huda Yaseen Abdulwahid

huda.yaseen@cihanuniversity.edu.iq

Abstract- This study aims at investigating the language of business in Erbil city – the capital of Kurdistan region- to figure out how often shop signs fail to convey any relevant information to target language readers. These errors are classified into three categories: spelling, grammar, and word choice with the second having the highest frequency. This study supposes the reasons behind these sorts of errors include translator’s language incompetence, translator’s carelessness, and the socio-cultural differences between English, Arabic, and Kurdish.

Keywords-Shop signs, translation errors, English, Arabic, Kurdish

Date: 19/04/2018

Place: Department of English