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Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2023
Negative yes-no (polar) questions in Colloquial Arabic (CA) are formed by intonation without adding yes-no question particles, in which case, a statement is uttered with a rising intonation, whether this polar question is negative or affirmative. This case is more common in CA than written MSA. Sometimes, the same negative polar question is…
Descriptors: Arabic, Intonation, Questioning Techniques, Pragmatics
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
The spread of COVID-19 worldwide has been associated with hate and racism speech on social media which sometimes encourages violence and bullying in the different communities. Some officials, public figures and even common people, including students, have been expressing hate, racism, negative, hostile, and intolerant attitudes towards certain…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication