A Sociolinguistics Perspective of Interrogative Forms in English, Standard Arabic and Jordanian Dialects

This paper aims to investigate some forms of interrogatives in Standard Arabic (SA), two Jordanian Arabic dialects (JAD): urban Jordanian Arabic (UJA) and rural Jordanian Arabic (RJA), and their impact on the Jordanian people's use of English Interrogative forms. It also examines how SA, and th...

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Published in:Theory and practice in language studies 2023-12, Vol.13 (12), p.3299-3310
Main Authors: Al-Omari, Natheer Mohammad Ahmad, Singh, Manjet Kaur Mehar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Arabic language
Definitions
Dialect Studies
Dialects
English
English as a second language
English language
Influence
Intonation
Language
Language and culture
Linguistic Theory
Linguistics
Literature Reviews
Native Speakers
Nouns
Semantics
Semiotics
Semitic Languages
Sentences
Sociolinguistics
Standard dialects
Standard Spoken Usage
Study and teaching
Syntax
Transformational Generative Grammar
Wh phrases
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Summary:This paper aims to investigate some forms of interrogatives in Standard Arabic (SA), two Jordanian Arabic dialects (JAD): urban Jordanian Arabic (UJA) and rural Jordanian Arabic (RJA), and their impact on the Jordanian people's use of English Interrogative forms. It also examines how SA, and the two JAD are similar and different based on their forms and uses of interrogatives. Further, this study analyzes how each interrogative form is used in different classifications and contexts. The descriptive approach is used to describe the impact of SA, UJA and RJA on the use of English interrogative forms in social contexts. The study concludes that JADs share some interrogative forms and that some of them hold multiple meanings or usages. It also confirms that SA and its Jordanian dialects, UJA and RJA, to some extent, impact the Jordanian people's use of English interrogative forms.
ISSN:1799-2591
2053-0692
DOI:10.17507/tpls.1312.28