Speech Acts of Some Jordanian Idioms  

作　　者：Oday Mohammad Alshorafat 

机构地区：[1]The University of Jordan,Amman,Jordan

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2021年第5期100-108,共9页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：The primary aim of the study at hand is to investigate Jordanian idioms in light of Speech Act Theory. Morespecifically, it attempts to highlight and explore the speech acts and the illocutionary acts used in Jordanian idiomsbased on Searle’s classification of speech acts. In order to achieve this goal, the researcher interviewed 20Jordanian Arabic language native speakers and asked them to give a Jordanian idiom and a context in which itoccurs. After analyzing the data, the study reveals that there are four speech acts of Jordanian idioms. They areexpressives, directives, representatives, and commssives. It also reveals that Jordanian idiomatic expressionsperform many pragmatic functions (illocutions). They are insulting, blaming, criticizing, scorning, asking, advising,asserting, and threatening.

关 键 词：PRAGMATICS Speech Act Theory CONTEXT Jordanian idioms 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]