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Dr. Keyan Yahya

Iraq

Dr. Keyan is a University professor and a researcher. He was born in 1966 in Baghdad/ Iraq and obtained his degree in Architecture in 1989 from the University of Baghdad; he received a doctorate in Arabic language from the same university in 2011.

Dr. Keyan translated many linguistic-related works from English with the latest being Charles Ogden ‘Opposition: a linguistic and psychological analysis’ in addition to authoring some books on philosophy and linguistics in Arabic language.

About The Book

“The Meaning of Meaning” by C.K. Ogden and I.A. Richards - the first time the book has been translated into Arabic after more than 90 years of publication.The study is a landmark in the philosophy of language.

Published: 2015