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Disagreement Strategies Used in Jordanian Arabic lanations
Bilal Alkheder, Fawwaz Al-Abed Al-Haq
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2018.08.005
Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
This study aims at
investigating the disagreement strategies that are usually used by Jordanian
Arabic speakers. A discourse completion task (DCT) was used to collect data.
The DCT is a written questionnaire that includes 10 imaginary situations. Two
thousand three hundred and twenty-two expressions of disagreement were
collected from the responses of 217 Jordanian respondents from Yarmouk
University in Irbid Governorate. The researcher developed a taxonomy of disagreement strategies to classify the collected data. The findings revealed
that Jordanian Arabic speakers employed 11 strategies which fall into two
types: softened strategies and strong strategies. In general, Jordanian Arabic
speakers prefer to use softened disagreement strategies more than strong
strategies. The findings indicated that giving explanations was the most
frequently used disagreement strategy, while giving advice was the least used
strategy.
disagreement strategies, Jordanian Arabic, mitigating strategies, strong strategies, giving explanations
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