The Use of Discourse Marker “Maʕ Nafsak” in Saudi Arabic: A Pragmatic Perspective

Rousan, Rafat M. Al

doi:10.5296/ijl.v7i3.7669

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“…In other Arab countries, the frequent use of expressions by native speakers in their daily interactions has also drawn the attention of researchers, as demonstrated by studies conducted by Marmostein (2016), Alazzawie (2015Alazzawie ( , 2014 and Al Rousan (2015).…”

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The Pragmatic Functions of Using the Expression Mayyɪt ‘Dead’ in Jordanian Spoken Arabic

Al-Saidat,

Kreishan,

Abbadi

2023

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This study investigates the discourse analysis and the pragmatic functions of the expression mayyɪt (lit.: dead) and how students interpret it in Jordanian Spoken Arabic (JSA). It focuses on the intended meaning of using the expression mayyɪt in daily conversations among Jordanians. Data were collected from 72 undergraduate Jordanian students. The results of the study show that the connotative meaning dominates all the expressions explained in this study. None of the participants interpreted a single expression according to its lexical meaning alone. The results also reveal that the expression mayyɪt is used to serve 16 different pragmatic functions. However, the analysis shows that the expression mayyɪt is often used negatively in JSA; three functions are used positively, while the other functions of the expression are used negatively. This kind of knowledge can significantly benefit learners of JSA as a foreign language, without which learners may encounter some communication difficulties.

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The Pragmatic Functions of Using the Expression Mayyɪt ‘Dead’ in Jordanian Spoken Arabic

Al-Saidat,

Kreishan,

Abbadi

2023

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“…Some pragmatic research investigated discourse markers in different Arabic varieties, such as Saudi Arabic, and Syrian Arabic. Al-Rousan (2015), for example, studied the pragmatic functions of the Saudi Spoken Arabic discourse marker maʕ nafsak 'with yourself' in Saudi online conversations. The findings revealed several pragmatic functions, such as refusal, lack of interest, doubt, and disappointment.…”

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A Socio-Pragmatic Study of Gender Differences in the Use of “Walak’ (Woe) and Its Variants in Spoken Jordanian Arabic

Rabab’ah

Al-Yasin²,

Yagi³

2022

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Using a mixed-method approach, this study examines the pragmatic functions of the discourse marker walak and its variants in Spoken Jordanian Arabic. It also explores the differences in the use of this discourse marker according to the speakers’ gender. The data was collected from a sample of 200 native speakers of Jordanian Arabic, using informal interviews and a validation questionnaire. The results showed that walak and its variants perform six language functions: warning, insulting, addressing/vocative, endearment, threatening, and denial. As far as gender differences are concerned, the findings indicated that there were statistically significant differences between males and females in the use of walak and its variants in favour of males. This indicates that males agreed more with the sentences expressing each pragmatic function in the validation questionnaire. The study concludes with some pedagogical implications for learners of Arabic as a second language, teachers and syllabus designers.

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“…On the other hand, recent studies on PMs in spoken discourse have succeeded in identifying a wider list of markers and describing multi-functional uses at discourse level. Good examples that clearly present the multi-functionality of those linguistic elements such as the Arabic PMs yaʕni /yəʕni "I mean" tayyeb, adi "ok" maʕ nafsak "be with yourself" can be observed in various empirical studies on the phenomena in spoken discourse (see Al Rousan, 2015;Ismail, 2015;Kanakri & Al-Harahsheh, 2013, etc.).…”

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Investigating Arabic Pragmatic Markers in Spoken Discourse: A Literature Review

Azi

2018

IJL

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Generally speaking, the current paper demonstrates a detailed and critical exploration of Arabic pragmatic markers (PMs) in spoken discourse. Although there seems to be less agreement on the topic of the particular phenomena that the current study is addressing, my study will use the term PM instead of discourse marker (DM). For clarity, it should be identified that a PMs in this study is “most commonly used as a general or umbrella term covering forms with a wide variety of functions both on the interpersonal and textual levels” (Zienkowski, Östman, & Verschueren, 2011, p. 227); therefore, DMs or any other linguistic elements with discourse functions are considered as a subtype of a PM (see Fraser, 2009; Aijmer,2013). Based on the literature review, treating the phenomena as PMs will provide us with a more comprehensive approach towards the study of that particular phenomena in Arabic dialects; such an approach does not only focus on texts, but also incorporates social, cultural, and linguistic aspects of the contexts into our analysis of the phenomena. Briefly, the structure of this paper will be divided into the following sections: a definition of pragmatic markers, theoretical approaches of PMs, PMs in the Arabic literature, variations in Arabic, a variational pragmatic approach and PMs, treatment of PMs in Arabic literature, PMs in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), PMs in Dialectal Arabic, and conclusion.

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The Use of Discourse Marker “Maʕ Nafsak” in Saudi Arabic: A Pragmatic Perspective

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

The Pragmatic Functions of Using the Expression Mayyɪt ‘Dead’ in Jordanian Spoken Arabic

The Pragmatic Functions of Using the Expression Mayyɪt ‘Dead’ in Jordanian Spoken Arabic

A Socio-Pragmatic Study of Gender Differences in the Use of “Walak’ (Woe) and Its Variants in Spoken Jordanian Arabic

Investigating Arabic Pragmatic Markers in Spoken Discourse: A Literature Review

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