This study aims to explore the use of disagreement strategies in two Arabic dialects:
Jordanian and Algerian Arabic. It also investigates the effect of social status on the choice of …

Abstract Following Alqarni (2020), this research article provides a pragmatic undertaking of
evil eye as a constructed speech act, with a particular focus on data from Colloquial …

This study examines paternal advice in the ancient Arab world through a socio-pragmatic
analysis of 159 pieces of advice from fathers to sons between the 7th and 10th centuries CE …

Understanding Discourse Analysis provides students with an accessible and well-illustrated
introduction to discourse analysis. Explaining the main terminology and frameworks and …

Existing studies on responses to congratulations to date have displayed a general culturally-
bound finding that Chinese speakers prefer to take a detour approach. However, the effect of …

This study explores compliments given by judges to contestants on the TV talent show Arab
Idol. A total of 120 comments from the third season 2014–2015 were analyzed for …

This article explores how participants respond to compliments in Japanese everyday
interactions. Even though compliments and responses (CR) make a well-established format …

Background: Context plays a significant role in effective communication. Among various
aspects of context, culture is particularly important since it necessitates that language be …

This research aimed to investigate the Arabic compliments posted by Instagram users on
artists' works on Instagram. Most of the studies have explored the use of compliments in …