Jordanian Wedding Invitation as a Genre: An Analysis of Rhetorical Structure and Linguistic Features

Sawalmeh, Murad Hassan Mohammed

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“…These invitations are usually printed in Arabic language. Each card consists of several elements, including; opening, identifying the celebrating families, identifying the bride and groom, and determining the place and the time of the wedding ceremony ( Banikalef & Naser, 2019;Sawalmeh, 2018). On the other hand, the present study differs from previous studies (e.g., Al-Ali & Alawneh, 2010;Sawalmeh, 2018) because of its data and methodology.…”

Section: Jordanian Wedding Practicesmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…In the Jordanian context, the characteristic uses of language and language behavior including different types of speech acts such as promising, requesting, complaining, warning, refusing, answering, and apologizing and have received abundant attention in the literature (Banikalef & Bataineh, 2017); substantially less has been paid to online "homely" discourses (Miller, 1984) such as death announcements, birth, and wedding invitation (Sawalmeh, 2018).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In line with Al-ali (2006), Sawalmeh (2018) conducted a study to figure out the main linguistic tools used in the wedding invitation cards and to what extent such tools have a social purpose. In order to achieve the aim of his study, a sample of 200 Jordanian wedding invitation cards was collected and analyzed in line with a model proposed by Bhatia (1993).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Discourse Analysis of Jordanian Online Wedding Invitation Cards During COVID-19 Pandemic

Banikalef¹

2020

IJEL

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The current study analyzed the online wedding invitation genres in Jordan during COVID-19 pandemic. It aims to study the generic structures of these invitations and the role of the socio-cultural-religious norms and beliefs in shaping this type of genre. The corpus of 120 online wedding invitation cards was collected from Facebook from March to June 2020. Data were analyzed based on the framework presented by Swales (1990). Six obligatory and one optional move emerged from the analysis of the data. Through data analysis, it has been found that Jordanians’ linguistic behaviors were strongly associated with the religion of Islam and tribalism. Findings from this study have implications for language use and sociolinguistics as well as enhancing the understanding of online wedding invitation practices during a state of a public health emergency.

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Section: Jordanian Wedding Practicesmentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Discourse Analysis of Jordanian Online Wedding Invitation Cards During COVID-19 Pandemic

Banikalef¹

2020

IJEL

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“…Other than the Iranian wedding invitations, other studies are also conducted in Jordan and Egypt. A study on this genre conducted by Sawalmeh (2018) who analysed the writing patterns of the Jordanian wedding invitations found that the Jordanian wedding invitations contain moves which are generally similar to other middle eastern wedding invitations. It also supports the idea that the pattern of moves and choice of words are religiously influenced and masculine in nature.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Generic Patterns of the Malay Written Wedding Invitations: A Preliminary Study

Abdullah

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Hanafiah

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IJHPL

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In the Malay culture, a wedding invitation is regarded as one of the most essential parts of the nuptials. It does not only convey good news but also requests the presence of all relatives, friends and social acquaintances to gather at a certain place and time for solemnization and reception ceremonies. A wealth of research on patterns of wedding invitations has been conducted among various societies throughout the world. However, not much genre-analysis research relating to wedding invitations among the Malays can be found. Hence, the present preliminary study was conducted to explore various patterns of Malay written wedding invitations. Adopting the genre analysis model proposed by Swales, 60 samples of the Malay wedding invitation cards were analyzed in terms of move orders, obligatory and optional moves. The cards were randomly selected from a collection of invitations from 2015 to 2019. This study revealed that the Malays frequently employed seven generic moves in their written wedding invitations.

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“…Jordanian wedding invitation cards have been studied by a number of researchers (Al-Ali, 2006; Momani and Al-Refaei, 2010; Sawalmeh, 2015Sawalmeh, , 2018. They analyzed the generic components of these cards giving special attention to the role of socio-cultural factors in shaping this genre (see section II).…”

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Jordanian Wedding Invitation Genre During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Tawalbeh

2021

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This study examines the generic components of Arabic wedding invitation cards issued during the Covid-19 period in Jordanian society. It aims to find out the role played by the Covid-19 pandemic in shaping the rhetorical structure (moves and steps) of these cards. The sample consists of 100 electronic wedding cards which were analyzed using top-down (genre analysis approach) and bottom-up processing. The analysis shows that there are nine component moves realized by certain steps, shaping the invitation genre. It is found that this genre is subject to change which essentially affects its common main communicative purpose, viz. to invite people to celebrate the wedding in a place. It is hoped that the results of this study may confirm previous literature about the effects of the surrounding context on shaping a genre, help familiarize those interested in knowing about this Arabic genre and offer insights for those interested in conducting cross-cultural contrast.

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Jordanian Wedding Invitation as a Genre: An Analysis of Rhetorical Structure and Linguistic Features

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Discourse Analysis of Jordanian Online Wedding Invitation Cards During COVID-19 Pandemic

Discourse Analysis of Jordanian Online Wedding Invitation Cards During COVID-19 Pandemic

The Generic Patterns of the Malay Written Wedding Invitations: A Preliminary Study

Jordanian Wedding Invitation Genre During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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