The Communication of Viewpoints in Jordanian Arabic: A Pragmatic Study

Abstract Expressing opinions is considered a significant communicative act frequently taking place in our conversations. It one of the fairly neglected areas research Arabic context. Among studies conducted on acts, to best knowledge, there has been no attempt investigate expressions opinion and its strategies specifically Jordanian (JA). To this end, current study intends giving JA with reference gender disparities. Data elicited from 50 male female speakers via Discourse Completion Task role-plays revealed that Jordanians resort mixture convey their clearly. They use various types strategies, including direct expression opinion, indirect manifestation advice, suggesting, enumeration, prayers, address terms, complaining, personalized hedges, rarely opting out. In addition, differences were also noticed expressing speech act. Males strategy imperative significantly more than participants, whereas females used six counterparts: expression, terms.