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Women’s Language in the English Interpretations of the Qur’anic Discourse: Plenty of Verbal Clues that Urge Woman to Keep Face, Be Polite and Tell the Truth

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DOI: 10.22606/als.2019.11002

Author(s)

  • Hala Toubal
    Department of Applied English, College of Arts, Palestine Ahliya University, Palestine
  • Lara Qassas
    Department of Applied English, College of Arts, Palestine Ahliya University, Palestine
  • Sami Al-Heeh*
    Department of Applied English, College of Arts, Palestine Ahliya University, Palestine

Abstract

This small-scale study explores the rhetorical features of women’s language in the Qur’anic discourse. It aims to check the norms of speech the Qur’anic discourse maintains for women as interlocutors. The study utilizes both corpus linguistics, i.e. large body of texts, and discourse analysis as methods of research. For data collection, the study benefits from concordance, i.e. key words in context (KWIK). For data analysis, the study, however, applies critical discourse analysis (CDA). Therefore, it builds on Fairclough’s 2013 and Van Dijk’s 1998 models of analysis. It has been found that the Qur’anic discourse urges women to keep face, to maintain norms of polite speech and to tell the truth. Finally, the study implicates for pedagogy and research.

Keywords

Women’s language, Qur’anic discourse, verbal clues, face, norms of politeness, corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis (CDA).

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