The speech act of congratulation and positive politeness strategies : a study of comments on Facebook posts by Palestinians
Other Title(s)
فعل القول الخاص بالتهنئة و استراتيجيات التأدب الإيجابية : دراسة حول تعليقات الفلسطينيين على منشورات الفيسبوك
Author
Source
Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series
Issue
Vol. 35, Issue 4 (31 Aug. 2020), pp.51-73, 23 p.
Publisher
Mutah University Deanship of Academic Research
Publication Date
2020-08-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
23
Main Subjects
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
This linguistic study attempts to investigate the realization patterns of the speech act of congratulation, a relatively understudied speech act, as used by Palestinian Facebook users.
to this end, naturally occurring data were gathered from two authentic situations that were posted by the researcher’s friends on their Facebook accounts.
the study aims at eliciting the way Palestinians offer congratulations on two occasions related to marriage and birth of a baby.
data were encoded and analyzed based on the taxonomy of congratulation strategy proposed by Elwood (2004).
furthermore, data were analyzed based on a modified version of positive politeness strategies proposed by brown and levinson (1987).
findings showed that the most frequently used strategies of congratulation were illocutionary force indicating devise (IFID), offer of good wishes, and expression of happiness.
findings revealed that the most frequently used strategies by the participants were giving gift to listener, exaggeration, and in-group identity marker.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ishrith, Mahmud Khalil Mahmud. 2020. The speech act of congratulation and positive politeness strategies : a study of comments on Facebook posts by Palestinians. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series،Vol. 35, no. 4, pp.51-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1279347
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ishrith, Mahmud Khalil Mahmud. The speech act of congratulation and positive politeness strategies : a study of comments on Facebook posts by Palestinians. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series Vol. 35, no. 4 (2020), pp.51-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1279347
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ishrith, Mahmud Khalil Mahmud. The speech act of congratulation and positive politeness strategies : a study of comments on Facebook posts by Palestinians. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series. 2020. Vol. 35, no. 4, pp.51-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1279347
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 72-73
Record ID
BIM-1279347