Alerters in Sudanese Arabic and English requests
Author
Source
Journal of Arts and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 8, Issue 3 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.15-26, 12 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Arts and Social Sciences
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
This study aimed at investigating the alerters produced by 200 Sudanese university students in their written response to two Arabic and English Discourse Completion Tasks.
The study attempted to classify the different types of alerters collected using the two tasks based on their nature.
Then, it compared and contrasted the precursors used by the subjects in the two languages.
The study also examined the different functions of alerters produced by the participants.
Moreover, it explored the impact of social distance, power relation, and degree of request imposition on the participants’ choice of precursors.
The study showed that Arabic utilizes precursors more often and with wider variety than English.
Arabic displayed a total of sixteen types of alerters while English used eleven only.
It was also found that the precursors were used to perform a variety of religious, social, and pragmatic functions.
Moreover, it showed that different contextual factors influenced the subjects’ choice of alerters.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Taj al-Din, Khalid. 2017. Alerters in Sudanese Arabic and English requests. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences،Vol. 8, no. 3, pp.15-26.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838306
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Taj al-Din, Khalid. Alerters in Sudanese Arabic and English requests. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences Vol. 8, no. 3 (2017), pp.15-26.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838306
American Medical Association (AMA)
Taj al-Din, Khalid. Alerters in Sudanese Arabic and English requests. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. 2017. Vol. 8, no. 3, pp.15-26.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838306
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 25-26
Record ID
BIM-838306