Arabic-English E-mail Sub-languages: A study of linguistic deviations from SBS and MSA

Yaser AL Tamimi

    Total Funding: 1550                                        Funded by:Hashemite University

    Acceptance Date: 24/4/2003                             Duration of Project : 12 months

ABSTRACT

Romanised Jordanian Arabic is a newly emerging pidgin which is extensively used by first generation emailers. This study , based on 35 messages sent by 15 undergraduate students , reveals that notational formalism is only 50% systematically employed while the other 50 % is variable ; for one Arabic character there can be up to 4 corresponding Roman symbols . Conventional English spelling contractions , and abbreviations have undergone drastic changes , most notable of which are the single-letter-for-word occurrences and numerals for full words . The present study selects a second striking area characteristics of RJA email messages , viz. code-switching  is has been found out  that 60% of switches are from English into RJA while only  40% are from RJA into English . The latter mainly involve switches at clause boundary , being mostly expressions of endearment and the name of God and , hence , functioning as discourse markers . Where a switch happens to be from one clause in one code to another clause in the second code , code-switching  turns out to be ‘code mixing’ , the function of which is at best rhetorical . When switching is intrasentential , the grammars of English and Arabic match each other but with noticeable word-order reversals .

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       *Faculty: Science and Arts / English Language and Literature.

       * Specific Specialization: Linguistics.

Self-Identity: Proper Name, Proper Place, and Property in Chopin’s ‘ Neg Creol,’ ‘Beyond the Bayou,’ and ‘ The Story of an Hour’

Nazmi Al-Shalabi

    Total Funding: 750                                                    Funded by:Hashemite University

    Acceptance Date: 1/9/2003                                        Duration of Project : 8 months

ABSTRACT

             The purpose of this study is to show that the theme of self-identity is a staple in Kate Chopin’s “Neg Creol,” “ Beyond the Bayon,” and “ The Story of an Hour,” and that Chopin’s treatment of this theme reflects her belief in the vitality of identity , uncovers the structures of oppression that impose certain designations on victims, and raises a lot of questions about institutions.

             In support of my argument, I intend to show the significance of proper names, proper places, and property as markers of identity and social status which the underprivileged are denied due to the oppression of power structures that violate their rights, meaning to keep them running.

             The discussion of this theme demonstrates that identity is central to one’s existence, superior to love, and worthy of being sought, regardless  of the difficulties created by power structures whose practices are called into questions.

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       *Faculty: Science and Arts / English Language and Literature.

       * Specific Specialization: American Literature and Criticism

Laloscopophobia: Hidden Variables that Impede Effective Delivery and Articulation in a Linguistic Study Skills course

Elham Ammari

    Total Funding: 750                                                     Funded by:Hashemite University

    Acceptance Date: 27/5/2003                                       Duration of Project : 12 months

ABSTRACT

                 The proposed study lends itself to exploring laloscopophobia from different dimensions and perspectives. It also attempts to discuss the nature of  this language phenomenon in terms of background, definitions, labels, rank and symptoms. More specifically, it seeks to investigate factors that cause public speaking anxiety by second and third year students in a Linguistic Study Skills course. A further goal  is  to demonstrate the various strategies and key principles that might be utilized in order to boost students’ confidence and combat public speaking fear. The corpus of the study would consist of a reasonable number of students ( 50-60 ) in a  Linguistic Study Skills course. Students will be required to deliver topically varied presentations that constitute a major component of the course requirements. These presentations will be recorded, transcribed ,discussed and analyzed in order to attain the required research objectives.

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       *Faculty: Science and Arts / English Language and Literature.

       * Specific Specialization: Linguistics.

مشاريع الأبحاث الأخرى المدعومة التي لم يتم موافاتنا بمعلومات حول ملخصاتها والأبحاث المنشورة للباحث