{"id":22752,"date":"2026-02-15T15:13:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/su.edu.ye\/cl\/?p=22752"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:14:28","slug":"22739","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/su.edu.ye\/cl\/en\/22752\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Degree Awarded toMr. Ali Ahmed Ja\u2018lal in English Language (Applied Linguistics)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Mr. Ali Ahmed Hezam Ja\u2018lal <\/strong>was awarded a PhD<\/strong>degreein English Language (Applied Linguistics)<\/strong>for his dissertation titled: A Corpus-Based Study of the English Synonymous Verbs Denoting Change in Light of the Corpus of the Contemporary American English (COCA)<\/em><\/strong>,which was submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Languages\u2013 Sana\u2019a University. The dissertation defense was held on Wednesday, February11,2026<\/strong>.<\/p>

The PhD Viva-Voce Committee, which was formed based on a resolution issued by the Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Council, consisted of the following:<\/p>

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Committee Members<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Designation<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Position<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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Prof. Abdulsalam Mohammed Ghaleb Al-Ghurafi \u200e\u200e<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Internal Examiner<\/p><\/td>

Chair<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

Assoc. Prof. Yahya Mohammed Ali Al-Marani<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Main Supervisor<\/p><\/td>

Member<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

Assoc. Prof. Yaser Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Sharafi \u200e<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

External Examiner<\/p><\/td>

Member<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

The dissertation aimed to:<\/p>

  • Identify similarities and differences among the English synonymous verbs denoting change: change, alter, adapt, adjust,<\/em> and modify<\/em>, through analysis based on the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA).<\/li><\/ul>

    The study yielded several key findings summarized as follows:<\/p>

    • Noticeable similarities and variations were found among the verbs in terms of overall \u200e\u200e<\/li>
    • Differences existed in distribution across text types, nominal and adverbial \u200ecollocations, semantic and grammatical patterns.\u200e<\/li>
    • Absolute synonymy does not exist in English; therefore, words with similar \u200emeanings should be classified as near-synonyms rather than exact equivalents.\u200e<\/li><\/ul>

      In light of these findings, the researcher recommended the following:\u200e<\/p>

      • Highlighting the importance of corpus linguistics in enhancing English language \u200eteaching and learning, and improving linguistic competence for learners of English \u200eas a foreign language (EFL).\u200e<\/li>
      • Integrating corpus tools such as COCA into classroom instruction.\u200e<\/li>
      • Incorporating corpus-based activities into language curricula and teacher training \u200e\u200e<\/li>
      • Expanding future research by comparing British and American varieties of English \u200eusing additional linguistic corpora.\u200e<\/li><\/ul>

        The dissertation defense was attended by a number of academics, researchers, and specialists, students, colleagues, and the researcher\u2019s family.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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          Mr. Ali Ahmed Hezam Ja\u2018lal was awarded a PhDdegreein English Language (Applied Linguistics)for his dissertation titled: A Corpus-Based Study of the English Synonymous Verbs Denoting Change in Light of the Corpus of the Contemporary American English (COCA),which was submitted to … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":22740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t