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Bulletin semestriel d'études linguistiques mandé 56 | 2016 Numéro 56 A prosodic perspective on the assignment of tonal melodies to Arabic loanwords in Bambara La perspective prosodique de l'attribution des mélodies tonales aux emprunts arabes en bambara Просодическая перспектива приписывания тональных контуров арабским заимствованиям в бамана

Quoting from sacred texts is a common practice in even secular discussions in Arabic-speaking communities. The current study looks at how a set of quotations are used to support a writer’s position in discussions on public media forums. In particular, the article explores the use of quotations from the hadith, the collected reports of the Prophet Muhammad’s words and actions, in online message boards associated with two Arabic-language news websites. We examine how hadith quotations provide both illocutionary meaning (such as advising or persuading) and interpersonal meaning (identifying the participants as sharing knowledge of these sacred texts, and potentially also identifying the speaker as being observant or highly cultured). We show that for a range of topics, participants use hadith quotations to invoke authority, and that part of the contribution to the rhetorical force of the argument may involve a portion of the text that is not quoted.

Bulletin semestriel d'études linguistiques mandé 56 | 2016 Numéro 56 A prosodic perspective on the assignment of tonal melodies to Arabic loanwords in Bambara La perspective prosodique de l'attribution des mélodies tonales aux emprunts arabes en bambara Просодическая перспектива приписывания тональных контуров арабским заимствованиям в бамана