Abstract
Pronouns are defined as being one of the parts of speech that obtain their meaning from other noun phrases in a sentence. This study is descriptive, analytic, and contrastive. It deals with comparing pronouns in English and Arabic by concentrating on the points of difference and similarity between the two languages.
 
 This study aims at describing pronouns in both languages and then the comparison is made by defining pronouns, showing their syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects to know to what extent both languages are similar or different in using pronouns.
 
 It is hypothesized that the two languages are similar to each other in terms of their syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of pronouns; pronouns are found in both languages; and there are some points of similarity and difference between the two languages, but the differences outweigh the similarities. 
 
 English has a clear division of pronouns. Pronouns are dealt with syntactically, semantically and pragmatically. In Arabic the division of pronouns is completely different.
Highlights
The present study deals with pronouns as lexical items which substitute the noun phrases in the sentence or in the larger discourse
This study aims at describing pronouns in both languages and the comparison is made by defining pronouns, showing their syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects to know to what extent both languages are similar or different in using pronouns
It is hypothesized that English and Arabic are similar to each other in terms of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of pronouns
Summary
The present study deals with pronouns as lexical items which substitute the noun phrases in the sentence or in the larger discourse. Pronouns are significant for avoiding repetition and they are used as a way of economy of the expression in the language. This study deals with the topic of pronouns in terms of three aspects syntactically, semantically, and pragmatically. It is not an easy task to give a comprehensive explanation which includes all those aspects of pronouns in English and Arabic. There is a difficulty in describing pronouns syntactically, semantically and pragmatically in Arabic because the types of pronouns which are dealt with syntactically are different from those which are dealt with semantically and pragmatically. This study is responsible for filling the gab between the two languages in terms of pronouns
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