The Pragmatics of Arabic Religious Posts on Facebook: A Relevance-theoretic Account

Zaki, Mai

doi:10.1515/rela-2017-0002

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“…Вони трансформувалися з індивідуальних повідомлень у спільне соціальне явище [Klimmt, Rieger, 2019]. Соціолінгвістичні та лінгвопрагматичні розвідки афористичних онлайн-висловлювань здійснені М. Закі (зокрема, дописів релігійного змісту), Ш. Різк (як елементу єгипетського молодіжного сленгу) та іншими [Arabic in the City…, 2007;Zaki, 2017]. Попри те, що дослідження мови мемів афористичного спрямування в арабській інтернет-комунікації вже здійснювалися, цей контент постійно розширюється та потребує аналізу змін в узусі.…”

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Modern aphoristic sayings in Arabic online communication

KUCHERENKO¹

2022

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The texts of aphoristic orientation in the Arabic cultural and entertaining content of the social media are analysed. The subject of the study involves linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic features of Arabic aphoristic Internet sayings. The analysis of more than 500 text units reveals that aphoristic posts are published online in the form of memes in order to express cultural, moral and ethical values and orientations, philosophical and aesthetic views of users, as well as for their emotional support. It was found that the main functions of aphoristic memes are emotional, communicative and phatic with such sayings mainly including motivational and narrative messages, advices, greetings, and appeals, that are often accompanied by a chain element inherent in the social networks (such as a direct call to spread the message). On top of that the thematic classification of the studied memes was offered, with the following themes being involved: human behaviour and character, emotions and experiences, moral and ethical values, philosophical reflections on the attitudes to life, human relationships, everyday life, etc. The linguistic features of expression of the binary opposition "self – other" in the context of its influence on the emotional expressiveness of the aphoristic lexicon are outlined as well. On the other hand, it is noted that the important feature of aphoristic memes is the active use of emotionally expressive lexis, colloquial elements, figures of speech (metaphors, epithets, similes, etc.), verbs of the imperative mood. The language code in the aforementioned sayings is represented primarily with Modern Standard Arabic (with minor deviations). This reflects the identity of a wide circle of Arabic-speaking online users, regardless of their affiliation with a particular ethnic, social or gender group.

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The pragmatics of rebroadcasting content on Twitter: How is retweeting relevant?

Scott

2021

Journal of Pragmatics

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Youth slang in Jordanian Facebook communities (on the materials of humorous posts)

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2020

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This paper deals with the investigation of youth language in Jordanian Facebook communities. The analysis covered nearly 500 humorous posts containing the samples of the studied age group's language creativity online. It was also explicated that the participants of such multilingual and multicultural communities as the social media feel the urge to use specific tools of self-expression and self-identification. For this purpose, a particular language and sociocultural codes are actively utilized. The subject of investigation involves linguistic and sociolinguistic peculiarities of Jordanian youth posts in online communities. This study reveals some graphic transmission peculiarities of the slang in the informal online communication since the colloquial Arabic varieties utilized in the new media are de facto not encrypted in the official register. It is pointed out that the society's democratic aspirations, the worship of western culture and the lack of strict state control over the online communication contribute to the development of unofficial Arabic varieties on Facebook. The author focuses on the Arabic / English code mixing, the integration of the English slang lexis in the Jordanian online communication, the utilization of language play in the derivation process etc. The present study has shown the high level of openness of the Jordanian youth slang for the borrowing, language and culture contacts, innovative tools for the language change. This phenomenon is caused by the long lasting impact of the English culture on the Jordanian society both in the real world and in the web. On the other hand, it was found that the informal youth communication involving the obscene lexicon and enantiosemy preserves the world tendency to the usage of low level language as a means of self-expression in the social media.

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The Pragmatics of Arabic Religious Posts on Facebook: A Relevance-theoretic Account

Cited by 4 publications

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Modern aphoristic sayings in Arabic online communication

Modern aphoristic sayings in Arabic online communication

The pragmatics of rebroadcasting content on Twitter: How is retweeting relevant?

Youth slang in Jordanian Facebook communities (on the materials of humorous posts)

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