A syntactic study of tautology in talk shows
Joint Authors
Hamid, Mayy Tahsin
Hamid, Hind Tahsin
Source
Journal of Diyala for Humanities Researches
Issue
Vol. 2021, Issue 88، ج. 2 (30 Jun. 2021), pp.675-681, 7 p.
Publisher
University of Diyala College of Education for Human Sciences
Publication Date
2021-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Arabic language and Literature
Abstract EN
Tautology is a statement that is necessarily true in every situation.
In this statement one says the same thing twice.
It is uninformative by itself, but it becomes meaningful in context, example ”war is war”.
The study aims at investigating syntactic tautologies in talk shows.
It tries to find out if such constructions are used in programmes as a kind of discourse text.
It also aims to find out which kind is most prominent.
The analysis is based on Ward and Hirschberg (1991)and Autenrieth's (1997) general account for the construction of tautological expressions.
The study comes with the conclusion that tautology are used in talk shows, and that equative is most used among other forms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hamid, Mayy Tahsin& Hamid, Hind Tahsin. 2021. A syntactic study of tautology in talk shows. Journal of Diyala for Humanities Researches،Vol. 2021, no. 88، ج. 2, pp.675-681.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1307129
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hamid, Mayy Tahsin& Hamid, Hind Tahsin. A syntactic study of tautology in talk shows. Journal of Diyala for Humanities Researches No. 88, p. 2 (2021), pp.675-681.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1307129
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hamid, Mayy Tahsin& Hamid, Hind Tahsin. A syntactic study of tautology in talk shows. Journal of Diyala for Humanities Researches. 2021. Vol. 2021, no. 88، ج. 2, pp.675-681.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1307129
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
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Record ID
BIM-1307129
