A cross-cultural analysis of the speech act of congratulating in Kabyle and Jordanian Arabic

Alghazo, Sharif; Zemmour, Sabrina; Salem, Mohd Nour Al; Alrashdan, Imran

doi:10.1016/j.amper.2021.100075

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“…, the use of speech acts (e.g., Alghazo et al, 2021) and discourse markers (e.g., Jarrah et al, 2019;Harb, et al 2022), grammaticalization (Al-Shawashreh et al, 2021), and on persuasion in media discourse (Rabab'ah et al, 2020). Although idiomatic expressions (idioms, henceforth) have been a topic of much debate in the current linguistic enterprise (Espinal & Mateu, 2019), they have not received due attention in Arabic.…”

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Idioms as Pragmatic Messages

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Salem

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This study argues that idiomatic expressions are essentially used as pragmatic messages which are heavily laden with implicatures and/or contextual effects. This implies that idiomatic expressions are not pure propositional elements that necessarily have (non-compositional) semantic content, whereas any pragmatic messages are affiliated with context. In this study, we defend an alternative view that idioms are composed of fixed semantic content, plus a variant speaker-related meaning. In order to show this, the current study draws on data from Jordanian Arabic (JA) and a judgement survey where 30 speakers are asked about the difference with respect to a certain meaning when delivered through the use of an idiomatic expression or through equivalently propositional content

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Idioms as Pragmatic Messages

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Alrashdan

Salem

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“…The conclusions presented are the discovery of two forms of directive speech acts, namely ordering and forbidding the direct delivery strategy (Habibie, 2019). On the other hand, the study of pragmatics using Arabic data has also been done by Abdul-Raof (2006), Ahmad Moutaouakil (1989), al-Kayed et al, (2020), al-Ali & Abu-Abah (2021), al-Badawi (2022, Alghazo et al, (2021), al-Rawafi et al, (2021), al-Samadi (2022, Altahmazi (2020), & Ennasser & Hijazin (2021). In this case, the study focuses on "Euphemistic Expressions" in Najuib Mahfouz's Palace of Desire using the pragmatic-Stylistic Perspective, "Challenges in Translating Rhetorical Questions in the Holy Qur'an", the functional components of the opening phase of telephone conversations in Jordanian Arabic, The Jordanian Arabic discourse marker bas: A pragmatic analysis, "Pragmatic functions of reporting" , Focus, Subject and Theme in Arabic (Ahmad Moutaouakil, 1989).…”

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Translation Quality of Arabic Directive Speech Acts in Pandemic’s Book: An Attempt to Delve into Covid-19

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Anis

Abdullah

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This study aimed to describe the types of directive speech acts, the use of translation techniques, and the quality of the Indonesian translation of the book Badzl al-Mâ'ûn fi Fadhl ath-Thâ'ûn. This research used descriptive analysis to describe the findings; the qualitative was chosen as the method of this study. Consequently, the data were analyzed using Miles and Huberman's and Spradley's models. The results of this study stated that there were 60 data consisting of eight directive speech act types, where the frequency of using the technique was found 527 times for 15 techniques. Of the 60 data, 32 were translated accurately, acceptably, and with a high degree of readability and fell into the 'good' category. The average score for translation quality was 2.69. The study's contribution was to analyze Arabic texts translated into Indonesian using pragmatic models and measure their quality so that readers can quickly grasp the pandemic study from the perspective of the Arabic text.

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“…Al- Kayed and Al-Ghoweri (2019) covered speech acts of criticism among Jordanian Arabic speakers, and Chikhi and Chebli (2021) conducted a similar investigation but with Algerian Arabic speakers. Other kinds of speech acts between Arabic and English have also been explored by many researchers within the past five years; Almegren (2018) focused on Saudi EFL students' speech acts of apologising, Al-Ghamdi and Alrefaee (2020) compared Yemeni EFL speakers with American English native speakers' speech acts of refusal, Hosni (2020) analysed the Egyptian Arabic native speakers and American English native speakers' speech acts of advising, and Alghazo et al (2021) addressed Jordanian Arabic natives' speech acts of congratulating.…”

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Comparison of How Arabic and English Foreign Language Learners Compliment and Respond to Praises

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Researching the speech acts performed between Arabic and English speakers is one of the popular trends in pragmatic research. However, the majority of previous studies have only obtained data from native Arabic and English speakers, or Arabic natives who are learning English as a foreign language. This study intends to fill the research gap of comparing the speech acts of giving praise and responding to praise made by students who are studying both English and Arabic as their foreign languages. This descriptive study used two instruments, namely a discourse completion task questionnaire consisting of twelve scenarios and an interview, involving 70 English learners and 70 Arabic learners from UIN Alauddin Makassar which is the only university in Indonesia that offers the unique Foreign Language Intensification Development (PIBA) program. Results have determined that the dominant praise strategies of Arabic learners are awe and congratulating, while English learners tend to use surprise and congratulating strategies. Both language learners dominantly use the strategies of giving appreciation and reassigning praises as their praise response strategies. This study concluded that Arabic foreign language learners tend to have a small repertoire of praise and praise response strategies, while English foreign language learners’ arsenal of strategies is much more diverse.

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A cross-cultural analysis of the speech act of congratulating in Kabyle and Jordanian Arabic

Cited by 26 publications

References 12 publications

Idioms as Pragmatic Messages

Idioms as Pragmatic Messages

Translation Quality of Arabic Directive Speech Acts in Pandemic’s Book: An Attempt to Delve into Covid-19

Comparison of How Arabic and English Foreign Language Learners Compliment and Respond to Praises

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