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Al-Zubeiry, Hameed Yahya A. – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The aim of this paper is to explore the violation of Grice's Maxims in the Arabic comedy "Madraset Al- Mushaghbeen" and explain how the violation of the maxims brings about humorous effects in the play. The analysis shows that 61 instances of maxims violation were identified in the play. Maxim of Manner receives the highest percentage of…
Descriptors: Comedy, Humor, Semitic Languages, Linguistic Theory
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Hassouneh, Isra'; Zibin, Aseel – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This study aims to investigate the complaining strategies used by Facebook users on Zain Facebook page (Zain Jordan). It also aims to identify the most and least frequent strategies used by Facebook users and to examine the similarities and differences between complaining strategies found on Zain Jordan and those found in other studies in terms of…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Computer Mediated Communication, Speech Acts, Taxonomy