The Grammar of Context: Breakfast, Bumper Stickers, and Beyond

Almeda, Cheryl; Bush, Jonathan

doi:10.9707/2168-149x.1899

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“…P 71 Das concludes by saying that 'the structure of discourse makes it easier to construct a dialogue' (P74). Almeda and Bush (2012) talk about bumper stickers as an example of discourse the grammar of which varies widely depending on the needs of the audience and the goals of the writer. They believe that there is not one set of grammar; there is a multiplicity of grammars; each is defined by the context in which it is applied.…”

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Bumper Stickers in Jordan: A Structural Analysis

Al-Momani

Jaradat

Bani-Khair

et al. 2017

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This study has set out to determine the structural patterns of bumper stickers in Jordan. This study is significant since it is the first one to approach bumper stickers structurally. The study has investigated 227 stickers, which can be considered the corpus of stickers in Jordan. The study has found that around 90% of the stickers are sentences, most of which are simple sentences expressed in the present tense. This combination of the three elements i.e. sentence, declarative and simple is what facilitated the job of drivers to write their opinions, attitudes, beliefs, etc. and is what made it possible for the others i.e. drivers and pedestrians to understand the stickers. The study has also found that imperative and negative imperatives are quite common since the stickers are not addressed to the writer/driver rather to the others so as to inform them about his state, his miserable condition, his opinions, his loyalties, and his vehicle. The stickers are addressed to others to demand certain behaviors from them such as driving wisely, not challenging the sticker writer, respecting him if he is driving a truck or a lorry, etc.

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