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On the linguistic functions of the particle ʕaad in Jordanian Arabic

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Abstract

This paper investigates the linguistic functions of the syncretic particle ʕaad in Jordanian Arabic. It particularly examines the repetitive, evidential, and evaluative functions of ʕaad, and attempts to make some speculations on the source from which this particle could have been originated. Moreover, it explores the syntactic function of each ʕaad, arguing that one ʕaad is an utterance-oriented repetitive particle, while the other two are mood particles, with one expressing evidential mood but the other evaluative mood. It will also be shown that the three particles are syntactically functional heads encoding different grammatical and pragmatic meanings.


Corresponding author: Basem Ibrahim Malawi Al-Raba’a, Department of English Language and Literature, School of Foreign Languages, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, E-mail:

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