The Real and Figurative Meanings of Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Hamid Hilal A Paper extracted from an M.A Thesis

Abstract

This research shows the real and figurative meaning for one of the Egyptian contemporary scientists, named Abdul Ghaffar Hamid Hilal. The importance of the research lies in showing the semantic aspect which is of main concern to Dr. Hilal. The real and figurative meaning is of great importance in knowing things whether real or figurative in the real existence. The research is divided into two sections; the first one deals with two items; the first presents the real meaning, linguistically and terminologically. the other part of the section deals with the figurative meaning linguistically and terminologically. Section two deals with the different viewpoints of the scientists, on real and figurative meanings, in addition to dr.Hilal's responses to them.