Condolences strategies by Jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook

Unlike other speech acts such as refusals, apologies, requests and advices, the speech act of giving condolences has not yet been explored adequately. This study intends to investigate the speech act of condolences in Jordanian Arabic that are conveyed via a social network site, i.e. Facebook. The d...

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Main Authors: Al-Shboul, Yasser, Marlyna Maros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2013
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6599/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6599/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6599/1/4226-9733-1-SM.pdf