How Do Jordanians Express Their Birthday Wishes on Facebook? A Sociolinguistic Study

Autor/in	Banikalef, Ala'Eddin Abdullah
Titel	How Do Jordanians Express Their Birthday Wishes on Facebook? A Sociolinguistic Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17 (2021), S.717-725 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Banikalef, Ala'Eddin Abdullah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Computer Mediated Communication; Social Media; Interpersonal Communication; Semitic Languages; Language Usage; Sociolinguistics; Cultural Influences; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Computerkonferenz; Soziale Medien; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Sprachgebrauch; Soziolinguistik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	This study aims to examine the speech act of congratulations in the Arabic language on the occasion of 'birthday' among young Arab Jordanians who use Facebook to share social life with each other. The data collected is 855 birthday congratulation notes posted by 100 Jordanian Facebook users. The convenience sampling is being used as research methodology through which there are four main categories emerged from the data analysis, namely, Arabic Illocutionary Force Indicating Device' (AIFID), Emotional Statements', (ES), Religious Expressions (RE), and Quotations and Poetic Verses (QPV). Findings revealed that the Jordanian linguistic behaviour and pragmatic norms were profoundly rooted in the social values and religious norms of the Jordanian online speech community. The study concludes with a discussion of important directions for future research, such as examining gender differences in expressing birthday wishes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01