The linguistic features of the language used by Jordanian members of parliament during the year 2015 : a discourse analysis study
Other Title(s)
السمات اللغوية لحديث أعضاء البرلمان الأردني خلال عام 2015 : دراسة تحليليه للخطاب
Dissertant
al-Uqayli, Khalidah Abd al-Muhsin
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
al-Khatba, Isa
al-Rashdan, Bashshar Shahir
Kanakri, Mahmud Ali
University
Mutah University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2016
English Abstract
This study aims at exploring the prominent linguistic features of the language used by the Jordanian members of Parliament during the year 2015.
It also aims at revealing the common procedures that are employed by parliamentarians to achieve their goals.
To this end, nine parliamentary debates were collected using video recording.
The researcher used content analysis based on Halliday and Hasan's (1976) framework of cohesion and also Austin's (1962) and Searle's (1969,1979) Speech Act Theory.
The results of the study reveal that parliamentary debates have their distinctive features that make them, in some way, different from those features of other talks or debates.
The most prominent linguistic features are lexical relations.
This includes lexical repetition, synonymy, antonym, hyponymy and collocation that are frequently used in parliamentary debates to achieve different political goals.
This study also reveals that the most widely used speech acts in parliamentary debates are: representatives, directives and expressives.
In addition, parliamentary debates have their distinctive features such as turn-taking, timing, topics, and setting.
Finally, parliamentary debates are argumentative in nature, thus parliamentarians employ different procedures to support and enrich their speeches such as code-switching, using proverbs, quotes from the Nobel Quran, and using the act of questioning or interrogating.
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
No. of Pages
79
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Review of literature.
Chapter Three : Design and methods.
Chapter Four : Findings and discussions and recommendations.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Uqayli, Khalidah Abd al-Muhsin. (2016). The linguistic features of the language used by Jordanian members of parliament during the year 2015 : a discourse analysis study. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-749059
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Uqayli, Khalidah Abd al-Muhsin. The linguistic features of the language used by Jordanian members of parliament during the year 2015 : a discourse analysis study. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University. (2016).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-749059
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Uqayli, Khalidah Abd al-Muhsin. (2016). The linguistic features of the language used by Jordanian members of parliament during the year 2015 : a discourse analysis study. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-749059
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-749059
