Jordanian Wedding Invitation Genre During the Covid-19 Pandemic

This study examines the generic components of Arabic wedding invitation cards issued during Covid-19 period in Jordanian society. It aims to find out role played by pandemic shaping rhetorical structure (moves and steps) these cards. The sample consists 100 electronic which were analyzed using top-down (genre analysis approach) bottom-up processing. shows that there are nine component moves realized certain steps, genre. is found this genre subject change essentially affects its common main communicative purpose, viz. invite people celebrate a place. hoped results may confirm previous literature about effects surrounding context on genre, help familiarize those interested knowing offer insights for conducting cross-cultural contrast.