Disagreement realizations in Arabic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-372
Author(s):  
Hady J. Hamdan ◽  
Radwan S. Mahadin
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Jordanian Arabic ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Completion Task ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
The University ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Spoken Arabic ◽  
Female Subjects

Abstract This paper examines disagreement strategies employed by speakers of Jordanian Spoken Arabic (JSA) with a view to finding out whether variables like gender and social status affect the linguistic choices and disagreement strategies they employ. The subjects are 28 Jordanian Arabic-speaking students at the University of Jordan. The researchers analyze the students’ interactional recorded responses to a set of stimuli included in an oral (recorded) discourse completion task (ODCT) prepared for this purpose. The ODCT comprises six scenarios in which the respondent is requested to disagree with two peers, two higher-status interlocutors and two lower-status interlocutors. The findings show that male and female subjects’ disagreement strategies tend to be influenced by the topic under discussion rather than by the gender and status of their interlocutor. However, some topics are found to be more provocative to females than to males.

scholarly journals Attitudes towards Arabic Romanization and Student's Major: Evidence from the University of Jordan

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Hady Hamdan
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Jordanian Arabic ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Arabic Characters ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
Youth Attitudes ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

This paper seeks to unveil the attitudes of a sample of students at the University of Jordan towards the use of romanized Arabic in computer--mediated communication (CMC). In particular, it provides answers to two questions. First, do the subjects encode Arabic characters, including numbers, in a romanized version in their CMC? If yes, how often and why? Second, does the students' major and the language of instruction used therein (i.e. English or Arabic) affect their choice of Arabic romanization and their attitudes towards it? The data are collected by means of a questionnaire completed by students from four different majors: (1) Applied English, (2) Arabic, (3) Medicine, and (4) Islamic Sharia. While the majority of students of Applied English and Medicine tend to use Romanized Jordanian Arabic, the students of Arabic and Sharia show a clear preference for the use of Arabic letters. The users of Romanized Arabic cite a number of reasons for their choice. Some believe that Romanized letters are easier and faster to type than Arabic letters. Some posit that English is the language of the Internet and technology and, thus, the use of romanization gives communication a special flavor. A third group report that their devices do not support Arabic language. This study is expected to contribute to identifying the youth attitudes towards the use or avoidance of romanized Arabic, which in turn may help develop a better understanding of this issue and assist cyber Arabic users to make the right choice when interacting with others in Arabic online.

scholarly journals THE REALIZATION OF GENDER ARGUMENTS OF INSTAGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN ARGUING ABOUT THE GOVERNOR ELECTION OF DKI JAKARTA 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tio Lasmidauli Lumban Gaol ◽  
Sri Minda Murni ◽  
Amrin Saragih
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Equal Status ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
High Social Status ◽  
The Way

This research deals with the way of male and female participants of different social status in delivering argumentation on instagram. The purpose of this study was to explain the way male and female instagram participants in arguing on instagram, to describe how social status affects the languages of male and female instagram participants of different social status communicating in instagram and to explain the reason of male and female instagram participants use the language in the way they are. This research is conducted by applying qualitative descriptive research. The data in this study are nine arguments from male instagram participants who have higher status, lower and equal with female and nine arguments from female instagram participants who have higher status, lower and equal with male which has been selected in about two months. The findings indicate that male instagram participants tend to use conjunction, conditional and biconditional to convey their arguments in instagram, whereas female instagram participants tend to use the five types of argumentation ie negation, conjunction, dicjunction, conditional and biconditional in instagram. Male with higher social status argue in conditional with female and male of equal status, male of equal status argue conjunction with female and male of equal status, lower status male argue conjunction with male and female whose status is higher. Female with higher social status argue negation, disjunction and biconditional with female and male of lower status, female of equal status argue negation and conditional with equal status of female and male, male with status lower use conjunction and conditional with male and female whose status is higher. The reason why male and female instagram participants differ in their arguing is that instagram participants with high social status tend to be affected by their social status, they tend to use the argument to show that they are competitive and wise in arguing. While instagram participants who are of equal social status, tend to show solidarity and maintain communication. Participants with lower social status tend to be selfish by giving arguments that seem undeniable or responsive. Keywords: gender language, instagram participants, social status

scholarly journals A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THANKING STRATEGIES AMONG INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS BASED ON SOCIAL STATUS AND SOCIAL DISTANCE

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-39
Author(s):  
Siti Kustini ◽  
Iis Sulyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
College Life ◽  
Equal Status ◽  
Completion Task ◽  
Pragmatic Analysis ◽  
Female Aging ◽  
Positive Feelings

This study attempts to investigate thanking strategies used by Indonesian EFL learners based on contextual factors i.e. social status and social distance. The participants were 50 semester three students studying English for Business at a state polytechnic in Bandung. The participants were both male and female, aging from 19-20 years old. Data were collected via a Discourse Completion Task (DCT) adopted from Cheng (2005) and analyzed using thanking strategy taxonomy proposed by the same author. The DCT consisted of ten different scenarios describing the most common situations that students may encounter in their college life. The results of this study indicated that the most preferred thanking strategies used by Indonesian EFL learners were thanking, alerters (i.e., title) and positive feelings.  In terms of social status and social distance, the findings revealed that thanking and apology strategies were the most used strategies in equal-status with low-familiarity situations.  In situations within which learners shared equal-status with high-familiarity, the most strategies employed were thanking and positive feelings. Regarding thanking strategies used in low-status with low-familiarity situations, thanking and repayment strategies seemed to be the most preferred ones.  Keywords: thanking, strategies, social status, social distance

An Investigation of Attitudes toward Work Adjustment of the Blind

1962 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 357-362
Author(s):  
Oran Bailey Dent
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Work Adjustment ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Female Subjects

A scale to measure attitudes toward work adjustment of the blind was developed and administered to 400 subjects. Blindness of the case presented, the relative social status of the occupation held, and the amount of public contact required in the course of the occupation were manipulated in case studies rated by the subjects. Half the subjects were requested to give their own opinions in the ratings; the others were asked to give their best guess of the opinions of most other people. Differences between the ratings of male and female subjects were also investigated. Non-blind cases were rated more favorably in terms of work adjustment than were blind cases, at the .05 level of significance. The relative social status of the occupation held proved significant at the .001 level—the higher the level of the occupation, the more favorably was the work adjustment considered. There is reason to speculate that differences due to some of the other variables manipulated may have been masked by a generally favorable view of the raters toward all the cases.

scholarly journals Building bridges: exploring gender through photographic practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer O'Leary
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Joint Program ◽  
Studio Practice ◽  
Female Subjects

This project is a visual expression of my observations about gender within western culture. My photographic practice is conducted within and mediated by significant beliefs about gender and, in turn, provides ideological support for how I relate to society. Acknowledging that I photograph from a female perspective I photographed both male and female subjects of different genders and races using a 35mm camera with a wideangle lens. I captured images that helped me reflect on my own practice as a photographer. My images can be viewed as individual photographs or as a set. Factors, such as my cultural background, social status, religious beliefs, and level of comfort with my own sexuality, influenced my photographic practice and so will inevitably affect how viewers respond to my images. How I feel about identity construction permeates through out my image making process. As a photographer in the Ryerson University and York University joint program of Communication and Culture exploring different theoretical frameworks undoubtedly affected my studio practice as I gained more knowledge and became more self-reflective. I accept as photographer that my images will not have a fixed meaning but I do intend them to evoke feelings. Since I discovered Henri Cartier-Bresson's work as a young teenager I have always had a profound respect for his abilities and his methodology. Although I would never begin to align my work with a master photographer with regards to quality I have always aspired to his greatness. Robert Frank and Eugene Richards also have inspired me during this Masters project. My more recent appreciation of their work reinforces my belief that there will always be a place for striking 'documentary' style photographs taken on film and printed on fiber based paper by the hand of one whom feels the call ofthe traditional darkroom.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATING COMPLIMENT RESPONSE STRATEGIES IN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE UNDER THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL STATUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
American English ◽  
Social Variable ◽  
Opting Out ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Completion Task ◽  
The Social ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Micro Level

The present study seeks to investigate the effect of the social status on the use of compliment response (CR) strategies in American English and Vietnamese. To this end, two sets of data were collected with the help of a discourse completion task (DCT) illustrating twelve situational settings in which compliments were produced by ones of higher, equal, and lower status with the informants. Statistical analysis provides descriptive statistics results in terms of CR strategies on macro- and micro-level, i.e. these findings demonstrate the CR strategies of acceptance, amendment, non-acceptance, combination, and opting out. Furthermore, inferential statistics have revealed if there is a global standard in the use of CRs between American and Vietnamese native speakers. Finally, the results suggested a significant effect for the treated intervening social variable of status in determining the type of CRs.

scholarly journals Building bridges: exploring gender through photographic practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer O'Leary
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Joint Program ◽  
Studio Practice ◽  
Female Subjects

This project is a visual expression of my observations about gender within western culture. My photographic practice is conducted within and mediated by significant beliefs about gender and, in turn, provides ideological support for how I relate to society. Acknowledging that I photograph from a female perspective I photographed both male and female subjects of different genders and races using a 35mm camera with a wideangle lens. I captured images that helped me reflect on my own practice as a photographer. My images can be viewed as individual photographs or as a set. Factors, such as my cultural background, social status, religious beliefs, and level of comfort with my own sexuality, influenced my photographic practice and so will inevitably affect how viewers respond to my images. How I feel about identity construction permeates through out my image making process. As a photographer in the Ryerson University and York University joint program of Communication and Culture exploring different theoretical frameworks undoubtedly affected my studio practice as I gained more knowledge and became more self-reflective. I accept as photographer that my images will not have a fixed meaning but I do intend them to evoke feelings. Since I discovered Henri Cartier-Bresson's work as a young teenager I have always had a profound respect for his abilities and his methodology. Although I would never begin to align my work with a master photographer with regards to quality I have always aspired to his greatness. Robert Frank and Eugene Richards also have inspired me during this Masters project. My more recent appreciation of their work reinforces my belief that there will always be a place for striking 'documentary' style photographs taken on film and printed on fiber based paper by the hand of one whom feels the call ofthe traditional darkroom.

The Pragmatic Functions of Yahummalali in Jordanian Spoken Arabic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-345
Keyword(s):  
Validation Process ◽  
Discourse Marker ◽  
Pragmatic Function ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
The University ◽  
Spoken Arabic

This paper aims to identify the pragmatic functions of the discourse marker Yahummalali in Jordanian spoken Arabic (JSA). To this end, the researchers compiled a list of scenarios that include Yahummalali on the basis of their exposure to this expression and familiarity with its contexts in Jordanian society. They then identified the pragmatic function of Yahummalali in each scenario. The identified functions were subjected to a validation process by a panel of jurors who suggested amendments to certain scenarios and functions. The acceptability of the amended version was tested against the intuition of 55 BA Jordanian students at the University of Jordan. The analysis reveals that Yahummalali has nineteen pragmatic functions, viz., expressing dismay and disapproval, fear, condemnation, disappointment, mitigating exaggerated claims, wishing, expressing sadness, regret, dissatisfaction, shock, making threats, ridiculing, expressing anger, jealousy, desperation, surprise, sarcasm, indecisiveness and doubt or uncertainty. Keywords: Discourse marker, Jordanian spoken Arabic, pragmatic functions, Yahummalali.

The Translation of Compliments in Spoken Jordanian Arabic into English

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Mohd Nour Al Salem ◽  
Essa Salem
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Jordanian Arabic ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
Native English Speaking ◽  
The University ◽  
Cultural Interactions

This paper examines the difficulties involved in translating culture-bound compliments from spoken Jordanian Arabic into English in different cultural interactions. The study specifically looks into a number of compliments in Arabic and discusses their translation into English. To achieve this goal, a test was designed by the researchers to examine the translation of 10 compliments that are not familiar to the English language and culture, and these translations were examined with the help of a few native English-speaking colleagues to check their acceptability in stylistic terms. The sample of subjects included 20 female BA students at the University of Jordan; all of them are in their third year. The findings reveal that the participants adopted the techniques of literal translation, paraphrase, addition, and omission when translating culture-bound compliments. They also encountered difficulties relating to grammar, lexical choice, and collocation.

scholarly journals The Demographic and Environmental Factors Affecting the Social Responsibility among University Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Fawwaz Ayoub Momani
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
The University

This study aimed to identify the social responsibility (SR) and its relationship with some environmental variables in a sample of students from the University of Jordan where the study sample consisted of (420) male and female Departments of Social Work and the Economy at the University of Jordan. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher developed a measure of social responsibility. The researcher used means, standard deviation, and t-test in order to answer the questions of this study. The results indicated that the level of social responsibility was moderate on the scale as a whole. The results showed statistically significant differences in the degree of social responsibility due to the variable of specialization, student’s educational secondary school background, the practice by students of voluntary work, the practice by parents of voluntary work, and place of family residence. The results showed that propposed there were no significant differences due to the variable of sex on the overall scale. The study some recommendations based on the results and discussion 

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