Linguistic etiquette at Jordanian shops
Other Title(s)
آداب لغة التعامل في الحوانيت الأردنية
Author
Source
Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 1 (31 Aug. 1991), pp.31-48, 18 p.
Publisher
Mutah University Deanship of Academic Research
Publication Date
1991-08-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Arabic language and Literature
Abstract EN
The language of buying and selling at Jordanian shops exhibits patterns of verbal behaviour informed by an underlying system of linguistic etiquette.
In this study, a corpus of eleven audiocassettes recorded at shops in different parts of the country is used to establish the most outstanding patterns of linguistic etiquette as reflected in: (i) greetings on arrival, (ii) enquiring about the availability of goods, (iii) ordering (and paying), and (iv) leave-taking.
The evidence adduced in this study shows that the verbal patterns in question are far from arbitrary; in fact, they tend to conform to certain socio-cultura! norms of linguistic etiquette shared by the collocutors.
Both customer and shopkeeper endeavour to show politeness and courtesy to each other; thus the shopping encounter becomes a rewarding and felicitous experience.
This is an interesting socio-linguistic area which calls for further research to determine the quantificationaN cum-variable nature of the patterns involved.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Hasan, Shahir Ata. 1991. Linguistic etiquette at Jordanian shops. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series،Vol. 6, no. 1, pp.31-48.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Hasan, Shahir Ata. Linguistic etiquette at Jordanian shops. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series Vol. 6, no. 1 (Aug. 1991), pp.31-48.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Hasan, Shahir Ata. Linguistic etiquette at Jordanian shops. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series. 1991. Vol. 6, no. 1, pp.31-48.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-399532
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes margin notes.
Record ID
BIM-399532