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| Title: | Emphatic Repetition in Spoken Arabic |
| Authors: | Rieschild, Verna Robertson |
| Keywords: | Arabic
Repetition |
| Issue Date: | 9-Mar-2006 |
| Abstract: | This paper identifies and explains Arabic emphatic repetition in ethnographic interviews
against the general backdrop of an understanding of non-pragmatically motivated
repetition in Spoken Arabic. It also considers the basic linguistic resources for expressing
intensity in the lexicon and syntax and the significance of repetition as one of these
resources. The latter part of the paper explains how these resources are drawn on in
interaction and what other types of spontaneous immediate emphatic repetition occur. This
approach allows for a nuanced interpretation of the salience of emphatic repetition in this
spoken Arabic genre. The discussion contributes to our general understanding of the
essence of repetition that allows it to be used as a productive interactive resource. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/274 |
| Appears in Collections: | ALS 2004
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