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dc.contributor.advisorNorsimah Mat Awal, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
dc.contributor.authorAsem Ayed Suleiman Alkhawaldeh (P64116)
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-13T08:14:54Z-
dc.date.available2023-10-13T08:14:54Z-
dc.date.issued2015-12-10
dc.identifier.otherukmvital:81015
dc.identifier.urihttps://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/497927-
dc.descriptionAdditive markers are the most frequently used in Arabic, playing a crucial role in the production and perception of Arabic text. As a class of discourse markers, they are held to have distinct features and functions. Lacking mastery in using and understanding properly these features and functions may cause failure to the communication process between the writer and the reader. They may also constitute a challenge to students of Arabic and media practitioners. Therefore, the study offers a corpus-based analysis of the additive markers used in the journalistic discourse as the representative of Modern Standard Arabic. The study aims at identifying these markers, sub-classifying them, and finding out their features and functions. To this end, a specialized corpus derived from two Arabic news websites (Aljazeera.net and Alarabiya.net) is compiled, comprising three sub-genres: opinion articles, news reports, and sport reports. An eclectic framework from several scholars such as Halliday and Hasan (1976), Schourup (1999) and Mann and Thompson (1988) is employed for the purpose of the study. The findings show that 48 additive markers are identified and functionally classified into eight classes: exemplification, enumeration, specification, alternation, restatement, comparison, summarization, and topic-shift. They are found to display the following features: connectivity, optionality, non-truth conditionality, initiality, and multi-categoriality. The most frequently used markers, wa, kamā, fa, and ḥaythu are found to be multifunctional: wa serves six functions, kama serves four functions, fa serves five, and ḥaythu serves two functions. Comparing the usage of markers across the three subgenres, the study demonstrates that the nature of the subgenre influences the diversity and distribution of the additive markers.,Ph.D.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUKM, Bangi
dc.relationFaculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan
dc.rightsUKM
dc.subjectAdditive markers
dc.subjectArabic text
dc.subjectJournalistic discourse
dc.subjectDissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
dc.titleArabic additive markers in journalistic discourse: a corpus-based analysis
dc.typeTheses
dc.format.pages294
dc.identifier.barcode002115(2016);002114(2016)
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