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Research paper thumbnail of Van Houlten’s Impoliteness in John Green’s Novel “The Fault in our Stars”

Al-Adab Journal

Impoliteness is an act that is rejected and refused in the conventions of any society. However, i... more Impoliteness is an act that is rejected and refused in the conventions of any society. However, it is utilized occasionally for various hidden motives and not only as an act of threatening others’ faces. This act is ascertained to be systematic according to Culpeper’s ‘Anatomy of impoliteness which is the adopted model in the present study. This model is applied to demonstrate the strategies that John Green adopts to demonstrate Van Houlten’s character that acts impolitely Green’s novel “The Fault in our Stars. The present study intends to reveal the types of impolite strategies that the writer utilizes to indicate this act of impoliteness and it also intend to reveal that impoliteness is a means to express grief, anger, and despair of life when losing our beloved.

Research paper thumbnail of The principle of Jurisdiction Independence between Theory and Application

Journal of Al-Ma'moon College, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of The Merits and Demerits of Hoey's

Within the realm of the linguistic description of text, Hoey has adopted the approach that sees t... more Within the realm of the linguistic description of text, Hoey has adopted the approach that sees text as possessing organization, that is, describable in terms of patterns of organization. Accordingly, organizational statements of text describe what is done by accounting for probabilities. In such an approach, no linguistic combination is impossible, but some are decidedly improbable. Hoey claims that the structural description of text cannot attain perfection in any area of language study, and that the formation of structural principles forces the linguist to consider the exceptions, and thus to discover new regularities through the process of matching patterns. The present study shed some light on the merit and demerits of such an approach and the possibility of applying it in the analysis of texts. The Matching Patterns In his work Patterns of Lexis in Text, Hoey (1991) introduces a detailed model of how the cohesive features combine to affect the organization of text. He believes...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the Translation of Synonymy in the Glorious Quran

Research paper thumbnail of A comparative study of children between followers of the Internet and children's followers in some personality traits 2006

Research paper thumbnail of The Problem – Solution Pattern In Hemingway’s Cat in the Rain

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences, 2019

The ‘problem – Solution’ model of discourse structure, developed by Winter (1969, 1976, 1977) and... more The ‘problem – Solution’ model of discourse structure, developed by Winter (1969, 1976, 1977) and extended by Hoey (1979, 1982, 1983) is one of the few models which combine surface linguistic study and local levels of text analysis with the overall structure of text. This model has been used in the analysis of non-narrative texts. It is hypothesized that: The problem -Solution pattern is used in narrative texts. The lexical items can signal the rhetorical pattern in the text. The study aims at investigating the validity of the above hypotheses by using Hoey’s model of analysis on Hemingway’s Cat in the Rain. The analysis of the short story proved the validity of the proposed hypotheses and revealed the following: The writer followed a conventional order in presenting the information i.e. situation, problem, solution and evaluation. He communicated the rhetorical pattern to the reader through his clever use of the lexical items. The solution is al...

Research paper thumbnail of A Pragma – Discoursal Analysis of Famous Presidential Gaffes

The present paper explores a pragma-discoursal study of impoliteness strategies in selected famou... more The present paper explores a pragma-discoursal study of impoliteness strategies in selected famous presidential gaffes. The paper analysed 20 US speeches to find out the common types of impoliteness strategies that are emerged in these gaffes. Results of the analysis show that 'positive' impoliteness has gained the outstanding occurrences followed by the 'negative' impoliteness. Other impoliteness strategies vary in rate according to the context in use. The speakers here tend to be impolite to make the listeners perceive their opinions. This is why 'positive' impoliteness takes place. 'Negative' impoliteness on the other hand, also shows fair use as the speakers sometimes tend to associate with others explicitly with negative aspects. Model of the analysis is adopted from Culpeper's (2005) that is flexible and applicable to different contexts.

Research paper thumbnail of The Image of politicians in Tony Kushner’s Play Homebody/Kabul; A Corpus Critical Stylistic Analysis

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This article discusses the Critical Stylistic analysis of the politicians’ images in corpora of T... more This article discusses the Critical Stylistic analysis of the politicians’ images in corpora of Tony Kushner’s play Homebody/Kabul. The study adopts Jeffries model with the aid of corpus linguistic methods to show how text might be said to perform ideologies. It investigates how the image of war and politicians are presented. By using Naming and Describing tool, the analysis shows that the overall image of politicians is that they were aggressive when it comes to conduct war depending on what have they declared to be done.

Research paper thumbnail of The Merits and Demerits of Hoey's Matching Patterns

Within the realm of the linguistic description of text, Hoey has adopted the approach that sees t... more Within the realm of the linguistic description of text, Hoey has adopted the approach that sees text as possessing organization, that is, describable in terms of patterns of organization. Accordingly, organizational statements of text describe what is done by accounting for probabilities. In such an approach, no linguistic combination is impossible, but some are decidedly improbable. Hoey claims that the structural description of text cannot attain perfection in any area of language study, and that the formation of structural principles forces the linguist to consider the exceptions, and thus to discover new regularities through the process of matching patterns. The present study shed some light on the merit and demerits of such an approach and the possibility of applying it in the analysis of texts.

Research paper thumbnail of A Discoursal Analysis Of "Grammatical Shif" In Najeeb Mahfouz's Novel 'The Thief And Dogs

مجلة كلية التربية للبنات للعلوم الإنسانية

Research paper thumbnail of Using a Linguistic Theory of Humour in Teaching English Grammar

Teachers who teach a new language grammar do not usually have the time and the proper situation t... more Teachers who teach a new language grammar do not usually have the time and the proper situation to introduce humour when starting a new topic in grammar. There are many different opinions about teaching grammar. Many teachers seem to believe in the importance of grammar lessons devoted to a study of language rules and practical exercises. Other teachers feel that grammar is best learned by doing different language activities without focusing directly on the rules. This paper is devoted to explore the application of the linguistic theory of humour in teaching English grammar. The purpose of the experiment in this study was to show that the humorous way helped the students to learn grammar more effectively and that humour enhanced learning and helped retention and recalling grammar rules. The researchers created a control group and an experimental group to investigate the potential benefits of introducing humour in explaining a new topic of English grammar. The results showed that the exposure to humorous activities in the classroom tend to improve the student's comprehension of the most difficult topics in their grammar book.

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of Fallacies in Hillary and Trump's Second Presidential Debate

International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences

In every day conversations at home, school, bus…etc., people always utilize different strategies ... more In every day conversations at home, school, bus…etc., people always utilize different strategies in language use in order to achieve their aims to get what they want, one of these strategies is making fallacies. Fallacies can be defined as a deceptive tactic that the arguer may employ to convince the listener by violating one of the ten rules of reasonableness. Those fallacies are usually exploited via the candidates in the presidential debates in order to beat the other party and persuade their onlookers to win the electoral race. Therefore, the current study aims at identifying the effect of fallacies and their role as a maneuver tools in political text, it detects the ten rules of reasonableness and the methods by which the discussants my violate them to commit a fallacy. Likewise the study tends to show the various types of fallacies and which fallacy score the higher frequency. The study hypothesized that violating rule4 is the most prominent fallacy committed in the debates under investigation. The data includes the second US presidential debate that set between Clinton and Trump in 2016.It is analyzed based on Emeren's et al.(2002) concept of fallacies. The main results obtained from the analysis verified the hypothesis and concluded that committing fallacies is widely used by arguers in presidential debates, the debaters violate all rules and the violation of rule 4 is the most prominent one. Besides, rule9 can be described as the general characteristics of the debate since all the debate is about violating it.

Research paper thumbnail of Van Houlten’s Impoliteness in John Green’s Novel “The Fault in our Stars”

Al-Adab Journal

Impoliteness is an act that is rejected and refused in the conventions of any society. However, i... more Impoliteness is an act that is rejected and refused in the conventions of any society. However, it is utilized occasionally for various hidden motives and not only as an act of threatening others’ faces. This act is ascertained to be systematic according to Culpeper’s ‘Anatomy of impoliteness which is the adopted model in the present study. This model is applied to demonstrate the strategies that John Green adopts to demonstrate Van Houlten’s character that acts impolitely Green’s novel “The Fault in our Stars. The present study intends to reveal the types of impolite strategies that the writer utilizes to indicate this act of impoliteness and it also intend to reveal that impoliteness is a means to express grief, anger, and despair of life when losing our beloved.

Research paper thumbnail of The principle of Jurisdiction Independence between Theory and Application

Journal of Al-Ma'moon College, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of The Merits and Demerits of Hoey's

Within the realm of the linguistic description of text, Hoey has adopted the approach that sees t... more Within the realm of the linguistic description of text, Hoey has adopted the approach that sees text as possessing organization, that is, describable in terms of patterns of organization. Accordingly, organizational statements of text describe what is done by accounting for probabilities. In such an approach, no linguistic combination is impossible, but some are decidedly improbable. Hoey claims that the structural description of text cannot attain perfection in any area of language study, and that the formation of structural principles forces the linguist to consider the exceptions, and thus to discover new regularities through the process of matching patterns. The present study shed some light on the merit and demerits of such an approach and the possibility of applying it in the analysis of texts. The Matching Patterns In his work Patterns of Lexis in Text, Hoey (1991) introduces a detailed model of how the cohesive features combine to affect the organization of text. He believes...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the Translation of Synonymy in the Glorious Quran

Research paper thumbnail of A comparative study of children between followers of the Internet and children's followers in some personality traits 2006

Research paper thumbnail of The Problem – Solution Pattern In Hemingway’s Cat in the Rain

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences, 2019

The ‘problem – Solution’ model of discourse structure, developed by Winter (1969, 1976, 1977) and... more The ‘problem – Solution’ model of discourse structure, developed by Winter (1969, 1976, 1977) and extended by Hoey (1979, 1982, 1983) is one of the few models which combine surface linguistic study and local levels of text analysis with the overall structure of text. This model has been used in the analysis of non-narrative texts. It is hypothesized that: The problem -Solution pattern is used in narrative texts. The lexical items can signal the rhetorical pattern in the text. The study aims at investigating the validity of the above hypotheses by using Hoey’s model of analysis on Hemingway’s Cat in the Rain. The analysis of the short story proved the validity of the proposed hypotheses and revealed the following: The writer followed a conventional order in presenting the information i.e. situation, problem, solution and evaluation. He communicated the rhetorical pattern to the reader through his clever use of the lexical items. The solution is al...

Research paper thumbnail of A Pragma – Discoursal Analysis of Famous Presidential Gaffes

The present paper explores a pragma-discoursal study of impoliteness strategies in selected famou... more The present paper explores a pragma-discoursal study of impoliteness strategies in selected famous presidential gaffes. The paper analysed 20 US speeches to find out the common types of impoliteness strategies that are emerged in these gaffes. Results of the analysis show that 'positive' impoliteness has gained the outstanding occurrences followed by the 'negative' impoliteness. Other impoliteness strategies vary in rate according to the context in use. The speakers here tend to be impolite to make the listeners perceive their opinions. This is why 'positive' impoliteness takes place. 'Negative' impoliteness on the other hand, also shows fair use as the speakers sometimes tend to associate with others explicitly with negative aspects. Model of the analysis is adopted from Culpeper's (2005) that is flexible and applicable to different contexts.

Research paper thumbnail of The Image of politicians in Tony Kushner’s Play Homebody/Kabul; A Corpus Critical Stylistic Analysis

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This article discusses the Critical Stylistic analysis of the politicians’ images in corpora of T... more This article discusses the Critical Stylistic analysis of the politicians’ images in corpora of Tony Kushner’s play Homebody/Kabul. The study adopts Jeffries model with the aid of corpus linguistic methods to show how text might be said to perform ideologies. It investigates how the image of war and politicians are presented. By using Naming and Describing tool, the analysis shows that the overall image of politicians is that they were aggressive when it comes to conduct war depending on what have they declared to be done.

Research paper thumbnail of The Merits and Demerits of Hoey's Matching Patterns

Within the realm of the linguistic description of text, Hoey has adopted the approach that sees t... more Within the realm of the linguistic description of text, Hoey has adopted the approach that sees text as possessing organization, that is, describable in terms of patterns of organization. Accordingly, organizational statements of text describe what is done by accounting for probabilities. In such an approach, no linguistic combination is impossible, but some are decidedly improbable. Hoey claims that the structural description of text cannot attain perfection in any area of language study, and that the formation of structural principles forces the linguist to consider the exceptions, and thus to discover new regularities through the process of matching patterns. The present study shed some light on the merit and demerits of such an approach and the possibility of applying it in the analysis of texts.

Research paper thumbnail of A Discoursal Analysis Of "Grammatical Shif" In Najeeb Mahfouz's Novel 'The Thief And Dogs

مجلة كلية التربية للبنات للعلوم الإنسانية

Research paper thumbnail of Using a Linguistic Theory of Humour in Teaching English Grammar

Teachers who teach a new language grammar do not usually have the time and the proper situation t... more Teachers who teach a new language grammar do not usually have the time and the proper situation to introduce humour when starting a new topic in grammar. There are many different opinions about teaching grammar. Many teachers seem to believe in the importance of grammar lessons devoted to a study of language rules and practical exercises. Other teachers feel that grammar is best learned by doing different language activities without focusing directly on the rules. This paper is devoted to explore the application of the linguistic theory of humour in teaching English grammar. The purpose of the experiment in this study was to show that the humorous way helped the students to learn grammar more effectively and that humour enhanced learning and helped retention and recalling grammar rules. The researchers created a control group and an experimental group to investigate the potential benefits of introducing humour in explaining a new topic of English grammar. The results showed that the exposure to humorous activities in the classroom tend to improve the student's comprehension of the most difficult topics in their grammar book.

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of Fallacies in Hillary and Trump's Second Presidential Debate

International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences

In every day conversations at home, school, bus…etc., people always utilize different strategies ... more In every day conversations at home, school, bus…etc., people always utilize different strategies in language use in order to achieve their aims to get what they want, one of these strategies is making fallacies. Fallacies can be defined as a deceptive tactic that the arguer may employ to convince the listener by violating one of the ten rules of reasonableness. Those fallacies are usually exploited via the candidates in the presidential debates in order to beat the other party and persuade their onlookers to win the electoral race. Therefore, the current study aims at identifying the effect of fallacies and their role as a maneuver tools in political text, it detects the ten rules of reasonableness and the methods by which the discussants my violate them to commit a fallacy. Likewise the study tends to show the various types of fallacies and which fallacy score the higher frequency. The study hypothesized that violating rule4 is the most prominent fallacy committed in the debates under investigation. The data includes the second US presidential debate that set between Clinton and Trump in 2016.It is analyzed based on Emeren's et al.(2002) concept of fallacies. The main results obtained from the analysis verified the hypothesis and concluded that committing fallacies is widely used by arguers in presidential debates, the debaters violate all rules and the violation of rule 4 is the most prominent one. Besides, rule9 can be described as the general characteristics of the debate since all the debate is about violating it.