Sociopragmatics of Attitude Datives in Levantine Arabic
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- ISBN 9781474434072
- Weight: 427g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Feb 2018
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Examines the social functions of attitude dative pronouns in four Arabic dialects Analysing data from a variety of sources, including soap operas, movies, plays, talk shows and other audiovisual material, this book examines attitude datives - pragmatic markers that deal with interpersonal attitudes and relations - in Levantine Arabic. It examines four types of attitude dative in context to deepen our understanding of the interaction between social dimensions and pragmatic markers. Using data from Syrian, Lebanese, Jordanian and Palestinian dialects it provides a valuable non-European perspective on language use.Documents the phenomenon of attitude datives in four Levantine Arabic dialectsUtilises data from a variety of sources including soap operas, movies, plays, talk showsExamines four types of attitude datives: topic/affectee-oriented, speaker-oriented, hearer-oriented, and subject-orientedAnalyses the evaluative and relational functions of attitude datives as interpersonal pragmatic markers in their social contexts
Youssef A. Haddad is Professor of Arabic Language and Linguistics at Georgetown University in Qatar. His research focuses on syntax, pragmatics, and their interface. He has published extensively on Arabic linguistics, as well as the linguistics of other languages. His publications include the books The Sociopragmatics of Attitude Datives in Levantine Arabic (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and Control into Conjunctive Participle Clauses: The Case of Assamese (Mouton de Gruyter, 2011). He has also co-edited two volumes of Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics (John Benjamins, 2016, 2019) and authored the textbook Introduction to Arabic Linguistics (Wiley Blackwell, 2023).
