| Author(s) | Nuha Suleiman Daoud AIShurafa |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, Dept. of European Languages, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Linguistic Patterns of Politeness Forms and Strategies in Palestinian Arabic: A Functional- Pragmatic Analysis |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Arts. Volume 14, No 1. (2002/1422) |
| Abstract | Natural data are presented in this paper for a functional pragmatic analysis where 38 utterances were selected for their politeness value from an informal dinner table conversation. The paper provides an analysis of polite forms in educated Palestinian Arabic (EP A). They are fairly typical and representative of a Palestinian table conversation to highlight various occurrences of polite forms. It illustrates how politeness strategies vary and reveals notable correspondence between pragmatic and social functions of polite forms as used in informal conversation, where EPA choices of forms of direct positive strategy predominate. Choices of politeness strategies correspond closely to Halliday's three metafunctions: the ideational content, the interpersonal or social aspects and the textual discourse which are taken into account. |
