Nik Nur Ainin Soffiya Nik Mat, Nik Mat, Surinderpal Kaur
Female circumcision is a relatively understudied topic in the Malaysian context. It is also a topic that is considered sensitive due to its strong association with culture and religion. This paper explores the challenges and lessons learned from a larger project that focuses on the discourse analysis of female circumcision in Malaysia. The project involves collaborative work with a local NGO that works on the advancement of Muslim women’s rights in Malaysia. This paper outlines the processes involved in data collection via focus group discussions and is written as a reflexive exercise based on the recommendations proposed by Olmos-Vega et al. (2023). This reflexive paper on the methodological challenges and lessons learned from the collaboration offers insights that can help other researchers make a more informed research choices on working on collaborative research and on the use of focus groups as a method of data collection.
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The current study provides a Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis (CIA) of linking adverbials (e.g., furthermore, in conclusion, on the other hand) in the second language (L2) English academic writing of post-secondary students from three countries: the Philippines, Pakistan, and Thailand. This analysis makes use of 80 essays from each of these three first language (L1) groups by way of data sourced from the International Corpus Network of Asian Learner English (ICNALE); we eschew the use of a native speaker control group in response to recent critiques of the native speaker fallacy. Quantitative and qualitative analyses revealed several noteworthy production tendencies which distinguish each English variety. These include a generally low frequency of linking adverbial tokens by Filipino writers of English, as well as a comparatively narrow range of linking adverbial types by Pakistani writers of English. In terms of functional category differences, Thai writers displayed a relatively high frequency of listing devices while Pakistani writers showed a low frequency of appositional linking adverbials, and a high frequency of resultative linking adverbials. Methodological and pedagogical implications of these findings are discussed.
本研究对来自菲律宾、巴基斯坦和泰国三个国家的大专学生在第二语言(L2)英语学术写作中的连接状语(例如，furthermore, in conclusion, on other hand)进行了对比中介语分析(CIA)。本分析使用了来自这三个第一语言(L1)组的80篇文章，数据来自国际亚洲学习者英语语料库网络(ICNALE);为了回应最近对母语者谬论的批评，我们避免使用母语者控制组。定量和定性分析揭示了区分每个英国品种的几个值得注意的生产趋势。其中包括菲律宾语英语作者使用的连接副词符号频率普遍较低，巴基斯坦语英语作者使用的连接副词类型范围相对较窄。在功能范畴差异方面，泰语作者的列示手段使用频率较高，而巴基斯坦语作者的并列连接状语使用频率较低，结果连接状语使用频率较高。这些发现的方法和教学意义进行了讨论。
{"title":"An Exploratory Analysis of Linking Adverbials Used by Filipino, Pakistani, and Thai Writers of English","authors":"Randy Appel, Corin Golding","doi":"10.22452/jml.vol33no1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol33no1.4","url":null,"abstract":"The current study provides a Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis (CIA) of linking adverbials (e.g., furthermore, in conclusion, on the other hand) in the second language (L2) English academic writing of post-secondary students from three countries: the Philippines, Pakistan, and Thailand. This analysis makes use of 80 essays from each of these three first language (L1) groups by way of data sourced from the International Corpus Network of Asian Learner English (ICNALE); we eschew the use of a native speaker control group in response to recent critiques of the native speaker fallacy. Quantitative and qualitative analyses revealed several noteworthy production tendencies which distinguish each English variety. These include a generally low frequency of linking adverbial tokens by Filipino writers of English, as well as a comparatively narrow range of linking adverbial types by Pakistani writers of English. In terms of functional category differences, Thai writers displayed a relatively high frequency of listing devices while Pakistani writers showed a low frequency of appositional linking adverbials, and a high frequency of resultative linking adverbials. Methodological and pedagogical implications of these findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135315263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Second-language speakers have been found to face difficulties marking prosodic features of new and given information in English. Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners speak English with a different intonation from L1 speakers, which can lead to misunderstanding. However, there is a dearth of research on the prosodic marking of new and given information by Chinese English speakers and on the extent to which Mandarin might influence the marking of new and given information. To fill this research gap, an empirical study of the prosodic features of English and Mandarin was conducted using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods to investigate the prosodic marking of new and given information in English and Mandarin by Chinese speakers. The results show that the prosodic marking of new and given information in English and Mandarin was similar with new information having a longer duration and a larger pitch range.
{"title":"Prosodic Marking of New and Given Information in English and Mandarin by Chinese Speakers","authors":"Man Jiang","doi":"10.22452/jml.vol33no1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol33no1.6","url":null,"abstract":"Second-language speakers have been found to face difficulties marking prosodic features of new and given information in English. Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners speak English with a different intonation from L1 speakers, which can lead to misunderstanding. However, there is a dearth of research on the prosodic marking of new and given information by Chinese English speakers and on the extent to which Mandarin might influence the marking of new and given information. To fill this research gap, an empirical study of the prosodic features of English and Mandarin was conducted using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods to investigate the prosodic marking of new and given information in English and Mandarin by Chinese speakers. The results show that the prosodic marking of new and given information in English and Mandarin was similar with new information having a longer duration and a larger pitch range.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135315268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
An abstract is generally a condensed version of a much lengthier research article (RA). It plays a crucial role in academic writing by initially grabbing the readers’ attention. A well-crafted abstract can greatly increase an RA’s chances of being published. Metadiscourse markers, which extend beyond the actual information being presented, provide significant assistance in textual organisation and interaction. However, less attention has been paid to the use of these markers in the abstracts of RAs within the field of linguistics and literature from Scopus-indexed journals. Therefore, this paper first investigated how authors presented their arguments in the abstracts by deploying interactive and interactional markers, and then it delved into the occurrence frequency of both types of markers in linguistics and literature corpora. A total of 100 English RA abstracts were selected for this study. The linguistics and literature corpus each contained 50 RA abstracts taken from three open-access Scopus-indexed journals. Based on Hyland’s (2005) interpersonal model of metadiscourse, an analysis of the identification and frequency of metadiscourse markers was conducted. A comparison was also drawn between the linguistics and literature RA abstracts. The findings showed that the abstracts from both corpora employed more interactive markers than interactional markers. Regarding the interactive markers, a similar tendency of using transitions was detected. However, the difference lay in the frequency of the other four types of markers between the two corpora. In the interactional category, boosters emerged as the most prominent markers while engagement markers were the least frequent in both corpora. The difference was mainly in the occurrence of self-mentions. The results of this study highlight the disciplinary awareness of metadiscourse markers in RA abstracts and offer a practical guide for scholars to utilise these cues and indicators in academic writing.
{"title":"Metadiscourse Markers in Abstracts of Linguistics and Literature Research Articles from Scopus-Indexed Journals","authors":"Hui Geng, Han Wei","doi":"10.22452/jml.vol33no1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol33no1.3","url":null,"abstract":"An abstract is generally a condensed version of a much lengthier research article (RA). It plays a crucial role in academic writing by initially grabbing the readers’ attention. A well-crafted abstract can greatly increase an RA’s chances of being published. Metadiscourse markers, which extend beyond the actual information being presented, provide significant assistance in textual organisation and interaction. However, less attention has been paid to the use of these markers in the abstracts of RAs within the field of linguistics and literature from Scopus-indexed journals. Therefore, this paper first investigated how authors presented their arguments in the abstracts by deploying interactive and interactional markers, and then it delved into the occurrence frequency of both types of markers in linguistics and literature corpora. A total of 100 English RA abstracts were selected for this study. The linguistics and literature corpus each contained 50 RA abstracts taken from three open-access Scopus-indexed journals. Based on Hyland’s (2005) interpersonal model of metadiscourse, an analysis of the identification and frequency of metadiscourse markers was conducted. A comparison was also drawn between the linguistics and literature RA abstracts. The findings showed that the abstracts from both corpora employed more interactive markers than interactional markers. Regarding the interactive markers, a similar tendency of using transitions was detected. However, the difference lay in the frequency of the other four types of markers between the two corpora. In the interactional category, boosters emerged as the most prominent markers while engagement markers were the least frequent in both corpora. The difference was mainly in the occurrence of self-mentions. The results of this study highlight the disciplinary awareness of metadiscourse markers in RA abstracts and offer a practical guide for scholars to utilise these cues and indicators in academic writing.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135315164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Online users are made to believe that they have control over their data privacy through the selection of website cookie options. Due to transparency requirements, policies to protect online users focus on giving them more control over their data privacy. This study examines how transparency is communicated through HTTP cookies found on academic journal websites. The analysis aims to uncover the communicative practice of this web-mediated disclosure genre through the rhetorical moves and linguistic features presented in the statements. A total of ten HTTP cookies from online journals are gathered based on random selection for this analysis. The findings revealed four obligatory moves and seven optional steps. The study also finds the use of active voice, action verbs, and self-reference pronouns to be common in the statements to realise the rhetorical function of transparency in HTTP cookies. A consistent genre pattern can be seen throughout the websites which shows the adherence to regulatory requirements while maintaining unique ways of presenting the HTTP cookies.
{"title":"Privacy Policy Pop-up: A Genre Analysis of Journal Websites’ HTTP Cookies","authors":"Lisbeth Sinan Lendik","doi":"10.22452/jml.vol33no1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol33no1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Online users are made to believe that they have control over their data privacy through the selection of website cookie options. Due to transparency requirements, policies to protect online users focus on giving them more control over their data privacy. This study examines how transparency is communicated through HTTP cookies found on academic journal websites. The analysis aims to uncover the communicative practice of this web-mediated disclosure genre through the rhetorical moves and linguistic features presented in the statements. A total of ten HTTP cookies from online journals are gathered based on random selection for this analysis. The findings revealed four obligatory moves and seven optional steps. The study also finds the use of active voice, action verbs, and self-reference pronouns to be common in the statements to realise the rhetorical function of transparency in HTTP cookies. A consistent genre pattern can be seen throughout the websites which shows the adherence to regulatory requirements while maintaining unique ways of presenting the HTTP cookies.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135315265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathreine Deva Babu Polamarachetty, Patricia Nora Riget
Telugu is an official language, commonly spoken in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. Despite being one of the largest languages in the world, it is a minority language in Malaysia. Majority of the Telugus who migrated, settled in the plantation estates i.e Bagan Datoh, Perak (known as a Telugu heritage site). This study employs domain analysis to find out language choice in home, social, entertainment, religious and official domains among the younger and older generation as well as their language attitude. This study uses mixed methods. Questionnaire surveys were accompanied by interviews and focus groups discussions. Language shift is observed in literacy but being revitalized among the youngest generation. In spoken language, Telugu is well maintained especially in the home domain, coexisting with other languages in a diglossic relationship. Positive attitude towards mother tongue and revitalization endeavors demonstrate a favorable influence on the maintenance of the Telugu language in Bagan Datoh.
{"title":"Language Shift and Maintenance: A Case Study of the Telugu Community in Bagan Datoh, Perak (Malaysia)","authors":"Kathreine Deva Babu Polamarachetty, Patricia Nora Riget","doi":"10.22452/jml.vol33no1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol33no1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Telugu is an official language, commonly spoken in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. Despite being one of the largest languages in the world, it is a minority language in Malaysia. Majority of the Telugus who migrated, settled in the plantation estates i.e Bagan Datoh, Perak (known as a Telugu heritage site). This study employs domain analysis to find out language choice in home, social, entertainment, religious and official domains among the younger and older generation as well as their language attitude. This study uses mixed methods. Questionnaire surveys were accompanied by interviews and focus groups discussions. Language shift is observed in literacy but being revitalized among the youngest generation. In spoken language, Telugu is well maintained especially in the home domain, coexisting with other languages in a diglossic relationship. Positive attitude towards mother tongue and revitalization endeavors demonstrate a favorable influence on the maintenance of the Telugu language in Bagan Datoh.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135315269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper intends to analyze the novel The Circle written by Dave Eggers, from Foucault’s perspective on power. In his book, The History of Sexuality Volume-1, Foucault (1991) tries to correlate knowledge and power, maintaining that knowledge is the medium through which power is attained. The paper highlights how the technically vibrant company gains power through digital knowledge, bringing about a revolution in a democratic society. This revolution affects the dominant pillar of democracy, which is the legislature. DBy bringing democracy indirectly under its control, the company modifies the power structure in society and digitally not only allures but also subordinates people around the globe. Thus, through Digitized knowledge The Circle acquires power over both the virtual and the real world. Keywords: Foucault, Democracy, Dominance, Power, Society.
{"title":"Foucauldian Power in The Circle by Dave Eggers","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.15.1.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.15.1.19","url":null,"abstract":"This paper intends to analyze the novel The Circle written by Dave Eggers, from Foucault’s perspective on power. In his book, The History of Sexuality Volume-1, Foucault (1991) tries to correlate knowledge and power, maintaining that knowledge is the medium through which power is attained. The paper highlights how the technically vibrant company gains power through digital knowledge, bringing about a revolution in a democratic society. This revolution affects the dominant pillar of democracy, which is the legislature. DBy bringing democracy indirectly under its control, the company modifies the power structure in society and digitally not only allures but also subordinates people around the globe. Thus, through Digitized knowledge The Circle acquires power over both the virtual and the real world. Keywords: Foucault, Democracy, Dominance, Power, Society.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135467522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The current study aimed at investigating the impact of using proposed online problem-based learning activities on developing university EFL students’ expository essay writing skills. The sample of the study comprised 74 English majors from the World Islamic Sciences and Education University in Amman. The students were randomly assigned into two groups, experimental and control. To achieve the purpose of the study, the researcher designed a checklist to identify the expository essay writing skills that university EFL students need and a pre/post expository essay writing test. The validity and reliability of the instruments were guaranteed through implementing scientific approaches. The results of the study showed a significant statistical difference at (α=0.05) between the two groups in the post expository essay writing test in favor of the experimental group that was taught by using the online problem-based learning activities. The experimental group outperformed the control group in different essay writing areas including content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and conventions. Keywords: EFL, Expository Essay, Problem-Based Activities.
{"title":"The Impact of Proposed Online Problem-Based Learning Activities on Developing University EFL Students’ Expository Essay Writing","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.15.1.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.15.1.13","url":null,"abstract":"The current study aimed at investigating the impact of using proposed online problem-based learning activities on developing university EFL students’ expository essay writing skills. The sample of the study comprised 74 English majors from the World Islamic Sciences and Education University in Amman. The students were randomly assigned into two groups, experimental and control. To achieve the purpose of the study, the researcher designed a checklist to identify the expository essay writing skills that university EFL students need and a pre/post expository essay writing test. The validity and reliability of the instruments were guaranteed through implementing scientific approaches. The results of the study showed a significant statistical difference at (α=0.05) between the two groups in the post expository essay writing test in favor of the experimental group that was taught by using the online problem-based learning activities. The experimental group outperformed the control group in different essay writing areas including content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and conventions. Keywords: EFL, Expository Essay, Problem-Based Activities.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135467524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Depuis deux cents ans, le roman garde son statut comme le genre littéraire le plus proche de notre quotidien. Des encres sont coulées parlant des souffrances des immigrés qui souffrent des catastrophes humanitaires comme la guerre, les désastres naturels, la famine. Dans ce travail, nous étudions la représentation d’un sujet répandu depuis quelques décennies en Irak : la diaspora. Deux œuvres : Ulysse from Bagdad d’Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (2008) et Dispersés (Tichari en dialecte arabe irakien) d’Inaam Kachachi (2013) exposant le trajet de deux immigrés : un jeune homme et une vieille femme à la retraite, constituent le corpus de cette étude. Notre analyse qui s’appuie sur le schéma quinaire défini par Larivaille, a pour objectif de montrer l’effet de la diaspora sur les générations en Irak. L’étude révèle que la diaspora en Irak mène à une fin néfaste sur les générations : les vieux gardent une certaine nostalgie envers leurs pays, et les jeunes s'abstiennent dans leur rupture avec l'Irak. Mots-clés : Schéma Narratif, Diaspora, Schmitt, Kachachi, Le Roman Au Xxie Siècle.
两百年来，小说一直保持着它作为最接近我们日常生活的文学流派的地位。在战争、自然灾害和饥荒等人道主义灾难中，移民们所遭受的苦难被墨水淹没了。在这项工作中，我们研究了一个在伊拉克流行了几十年的主题的表现:散居侨民。埃里克-伊曼纽尔·施密特(eric - emmanuel Schmitt)的《来自巴格达的尤利西斯》(Ulysse from baghdad, 2008)和伊纳姆·卡奇(inaam Kachachi, 2013)的《分散》(disperses，伊拉克阿拉伯方言中的Tichari)是本研究的主体，它们展示了两个移民的旅程:一个年轻的男人和一个退休的老女人。我们的分析基于Larivaille定义的二分法，旨在展示散居侨民对伊拉克几代人的影响。这项研究表明，在伊拉克的散居对几代人来说是一个有害的结局:老年人对自己的国家怀有某种怀旧之情，而年轻人则避免与伊拉克决裂。关键词:叙事模式，散居，施密特，卡奇，21世纪的小说。
{"title":"La diaspora irakienne dans Dispersés de Kachachi et Ulysse from Bagdad de Schmitt","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.15.1.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.15.1.20","url":null,"abstract":"Depuis deux cents ans, le roman garde son statut comme le genre littéraire le plus proche de notre quotidien. Des encres sont coulées parlant des souffrances des immigrés qui souffrent des catastrophes humanitaires comme la guerre, les désastres naturels, la famine. Dans ce travail, nous étudions la représentation d’un sujet répandu depuis quelques décennies en Irak : la diaspora. Deux œuvres : Ulysse from Bagdad d’Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (2008) et Dispersés (Tichari en dialecte arabe irakien) d’Inaam Kachachi (2013) exposant le trajet de deux immigrés : un jeune homme et une vieille femme à la retraite, constituent le corpus de cette étude. Notre analyse qui s’appuie sur le schéma quinaire défini par Larivaille, a pour objectif de montrer l’effet de la diaspora sur les générations en Irak. L’étude révèle que la diaspora en Irak mène à une fin néfaste sur les générations : les vieux gardent une certaine nostalgie envers leurs pays, et les jeunes s'abstiennent dans leur rupture avec l'Irak. Mots-clés : Schéma Narratif, Diaspora, Schmitt, Kachachi, Le Roman Au Xxie Siècle.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135467521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The goal of this study is to investigate the syntax of the epistemic modal item kaan in Jordanian Arabic (JA). It was pointed out that kaan is a deductive epistemic modal marker that expresses probability based on sensory fact/s. We have argued that this kaan is an epistemic modal adverb heading Epistemic Modal Phrase (MepP) in the left periphery, above TP. That kaan precedes existential fii, sentential negation, and a topicalized item as well as a focused item empirically supports the hypothesis that kaan resides in the left-periphery. In order to explain lack of agreement affixes on kaan along the lines of the minimalist approach (Chomsky 2000, 2001), we have assumed that kaan does not carry semantically uninterpretable features and lexically unvalued features that need to be checked. Finally, it was found that epistemic kaan may not occur in non-declarative sentences. This exclusion was explained in light of the truth conditions that non-declarative clauses lack. Keywords: Modal, Epistemic Modal, Left-Periphery, Syntax, Jordanian Arabic.
{"title":"The Syntax of the Epistemic Modal kaan in Jordanian Arabic","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.15.1.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.15.1.15","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this study is to investigate the syntax of the epistemic modal item kaan in Jordanian Arabic (JA). It was pointed out that kaan is a deductive epistemic modal marker that expresses probability based on sensory fact/s. We have argued that this kaan is an epistemic modal adverb heading Epistemic Modal Phrase (MepP) in the left periphery, above TP. That kaan precedes existential fii, sentential negation, and a topicalized item as well as a focused item empirically supports the hypothesis that kaan resides in the left-periphery. In order to explain lack of agreement affixes on kaan along the lines of the minimalist approach (Chomsky 2000, 2001), we have assumed that kaan does not carry semantically uninterpretable features and lexically unvalued features that need to be checked. Finally, it was found that epistemic kaan may not occur in non-declarative sentences. This exclusion was explained in light of the truth conditions that non-declarative clauses lack. Keywords: Modal, Epistemic Modal, Left-Periphery, Syntax, Jordanian Arabic.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135467520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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