Hypocoristics in the Ammani-Jordanian context: A Construction Morphology perspective
AbstractThe current study explores the patterns of hypocoristics in Ammani-Jordanian Arabic in view of Construction Morphology. The most common hypocoristic patterns are addressed with reference to the social factors (gender and age) that may contribute to the templates and functions of the hypocori...
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| author | Bassil Mashaqba Alaa Al-Maani Anas Huneety Mutasim Al-Deaibes |
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| description | AbstractThe current study explores the patterns of hypocoristics in Ammani-Jordanian Arabic in view of Construction Morphology. The most common hypocoristic patterns are addressed with reference to the social factors (gender and age) that may contribute to the templates and functions of the hypocoristic structure. This paper argues that Ammani-Jordanian Arabic speakers produce various hypocoristic patterns to signify a variety of functions. A questionnaire is designed to explore the formation of hypocoristic patterns among 51 Ammani Jordanians from three different age groups (children, young and elderly). The study shows that the most common hypocoristic pattern used by all participants includes reduplication, truncation, affixation, and adding Ɂabu “father of” and ʔum “mother of” to the male and female names, respectively. The study also reveals how these processes can be used to form hypocoristics of different name types (monosyllabic names, disyllabic names, nonce names, compound names, foreign names, etc.). We also show that the hypocoristic templates may vary according to the gender of the name. The current findings help foreign learners of Arabic to better comprehend the Jordanian culture, including the use of hypocoristics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54fe067b3cc14b8ea78326a1997ef7822023-12-03T02:14:21ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832023-12-0110110.1080/23311983.2023.2180877Hypocoristics in the Ammani-Jordanian context: A Construction Morphology perspectiveBassil Mashaqba0Alaa Al-Maani1Anas Huneety2Mutasim Al-Deaibes3Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanDepartment of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Al Al-Bayt University, Mafraq, JordanDepartment of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanDepartment of English, Khalifa University, UAEAbstractThe current study explores the patterns of hypocoristics in Ammani-Jordanian Arabic in view of Construction Morphology. The most common hypocoristic patterns are addressed with reference to the social factors (gender and age) that may contribute to the templates and functions of the hypocoristic structure. This paper argues that Ammani-Jordanian Arabic speakers produce various hypocoristic patterns to signify a variety of functions. A questionnaire is designed to explore the formation of hypocoristic patterns among 51 Ammani Jordanians from three different age groups (children, young and elderly). The study shows that the most common hypocoristic pattern used by all participants includes reduplication, truncation, affixation, and adding Ɂabu “father of” and ʔum “mother of” to the male and female names, respectively. The study also reveals how these processes can be used to form hypocoristics of different name types (monosyllabic names, disyllabic names, nonce names, compound names, foreign names, etc.). We also show that the hypocoristic templates may vary according to the gender of the name. The current findings help foreign learners of Arabic to better comprehend the Jordanian culture, including the use of hypocoristics.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2180877Ammani-Jordanian ArabicConstruction Morphologymorphological schemahypocoristicsdiminutives |
| spellingShingle | Bassil Mashaqba Alaa Al-Maani Anas Huneety Mutasim Al-Deaibes Hypocoristics in the Ammani-Jordanian context: A Construction Morphology perspective Cogent Arts & Humanities Ammani-Jordanian Arabic Construction Morphology morphological schema hypocoristics diminutives |
| title | Hypocoristics in the Ammani-Jordanian context: A Construction Morphology perspective |
| title_full | Hypocoristics in the Ammani-Jordanian context: A Construction Morphology perspective |
| title_fullStr | Hypocoristics in the Ammani-Jordanian context: A Construction Morphology perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hypocoristics in the Ammani-Jordanian context: A Construction Morphology perspective |
| title_short | Hypocoristics in the Ammani-Jordanian context: A Construction Morphology perspective |
| title_sort | hypocoristics in the ammani jordanian context a construction morphology perspective |
| topic | Ammani-Jordanian Arabic Construction Morphology morphological schema hypocoristics diminutives |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2180877 |
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