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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.advisor | Marlyna Maros, Prof. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Ala'eddin Abdullah Ahmed Banikalef (P64775) | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-13T08:04:27Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-13T08:04:27Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-01-18 | - |
| dc.identifier.other | ukmvital:81685 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/497507 | - |
| dc.description | The study of speech acts offers deep insights about the social structure and value system of a community. Previous research on on-line speech acts focused on western communities, neglecting on the speech act behavior among the Arabs in general, and the Jordanian youths in particular. This study examines the speech act produced by young Arab Jordanian in their Facebook Status Updates (FSUs). The study has three objectives. Firstly, to investigate categories of speech acts that manifest in FSUs by young Arab Jordanian facebook users (YAJFs). Secondly, to examine the gender differences in the use of speech acts in FSUs. Thirdly, to discuss the socio-pragmatic and cultural values underpinning these status updates. To collect the data, a Facebook account was created and participants consisting of 25 females and 25 males were recruited through snowball-sampling technique. Status updates were collected daily until they had reached a point of saturation with a total 1535 FSUS. Using Searle's speech acts taxonomy as a framework, the data were categorized using the newly developed tool called, the Speech Act Analysis in Facebook Status Updates (SAAFUS). There are three main findings of the study. Firstly, the results indicate that the YAJFs' linguistic characteristics did not adhere to all the taxonomy in Speech Act Theory. The declaration speech act did not appear in the data, while two new ones, humor and quotation, emerged. Secondly, the findings revealed that females and males differ in their linguistic repertoires and use of FSUs. Male participants were inclined to use more assertive speech act whereas females were more likely to use expressive speech act. Males also used FSUs mostly to discuss ideas rather than share personal information, whereas females used FSUs as a tool to make connections and share stories based on their personal lives. Thirdly, the findings also indicate that the social-pragmatic and cultural values of the Jordanian speech community were strongly associated with Islam, tribalism, and nationhood awareness. The study has implication in enhancing the understanding of the online speech act produced by the Arab community, especially the YAJFs. Additionally, this study contributes in presenting new approch for categorising and calculating data through using SAAFUS. Future research may apply SAAFUS to other contexts or samples.,Ph.D. | - |
| dc.language.iso | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | UKM, Bangi | - |
| dc.relation | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan | - |
| dc.rights | UKM | - |
| dc.subject | - | |
| dc.subject | Status updates | - |
| dc.subject | Arab Jordanians | - |
| dc.subject | Speech act | - |
| dc.subject | Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia | - |
| dc.title | Speech act analysis of facebook status updates among young Arab Jordanians | - |
| dc.type | Theses | - |
| dc.format.pages | 240 | - |
| dc.identifier.barcode | 002225 | - |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan | |
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