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Journal Article
A Socio-Pragmatic Study of the Discourse Marker Sraha in Algerian Spoken Arabic
2024
Overview
The present study attempts to investigate the socio-pragmatic functions of the discourse marker s'aħa (literally means 'health') in Algerian Spoken Arabic (ASA) in general and the western Algerian dialect in specific. The data is based on a corpus consisting of the Algerian series, namely Awlad al-halal. The sample of the corpus includes six episodes, each episode lasts approximately for 43-45 minutes. This study draws on Brinton's (1996) framework. A mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative methods is adopted to answer the research questions: What are the most common discourse markers in western Algerian dialect? What are the socio-pragmatic functions of the DM S'aha in ASA specifically Western varieties? The findings reveal the following fifteen socio-pragmatic functions for the DM s'aha; expressing acceptance, expressing understanding, to initiate a discourse, thanking, request, threatening, dissatisfaction, suggestion, changing topic, requesting confirmation, warning, attention getting, greeting, order, and finally to end a discourse. The results also indicate a variation in terms of frequency of the identified functions.
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جامعة جرش
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