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
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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

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spelling	ukm-65992016-12-14T06:41:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6599/ Condolences strategies by Jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook Al-Shboul, Yasser Marlyna Maros, 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 data focused on the condolences made as a response to an obituary status update on a deceased contemporary Jordanian actor in 2011. Based on 678 posted comments, the researchers were able to identify seven major strategies in the commentary; which were: praying for God‟s mercy and forgiveness for the deceased, reciting Quranic verses, enumerating the virtues of the deceased, expressing shock and grief, offering condolences, realizing death is a natural part of life; and using proverbs and sayings. To ensure consistency in the comments, the data was first analysed by the researchers of the present study before three independent raters were invited to analyse the same data sample (condolences). The raters‟ analysis in the commentary reflect the seven major strategies identified by the researchers. The results revealed that the strategies were attributed to the respondents‟ religious orientation (i.e. Islam). Moreover, the findings also indicate that the majority of condolences in Jordanian comments are affiliated to faith and religious beliefs. The results obtained provide useful information to cross-cultural comparison studies and other related studies. Penerbit UKM 2013-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6599/1/4226-9733-1-SM.pdf Al-Shboul, Yasser and Marlyna Maros, (2013) Condolences strategies by Jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 13 (3). pp. 151-162. ISSN 1675-8021 http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema
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description	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 data focused on the condolences made as a response to an obituary status update on a deceased contemporary Jordanian actor in 2011. Based on 678 posted comments, the researchers were able to identify seven major strategies in the commentary; which were: praying for God‟s mercy and forgiveness for the deceased, reciting Quranic verses, enumerating the virtues of the deceased, expressing shock and grief, offering condolences, realizing death is a natural part of life; and using proverbs and sayings. To ensure consistency in the comments, the data was first analysed by the researchers of the present study before three independent raters were invited to analyse the same data sample (condolences). The raters‟ analysis in the commentary reflect the seven major strategies identified by the researchers. The results revealed that the strategies were attributed to the respondents‟ religious orientation (i.e. Islam). Moreover, the findings also indicate that the majority of condolences in Jordanian comments are affiliated to faith and religious beliefs. The results obtained provide useful information to cross-cultural comparison studies and other related studies.
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title	Condolences strategies by Jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook
title_short	Condolences strategies by Jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook
title_full	Condolences strategies by Jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook
title_fullStr	Condolences strategies by Jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook
title_full_unstemmed	Condolences strategies by Jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook
title_sort	condolences strategies by jordanians to an obituary status update on facebook
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2013
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