Papers by Derki Noureddine
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Apr 25, 2022
Figurative language is part of our everyday life where meaning is communicated indirectly. Metaph... more Figurative language is part of our everyday life where meaning is communicated indirectly. Metaphor is among the major figurative devices that are commonly encountered in interactions. The aim of this study is to investigate the use of metaphors to conceptualize abstract concepts namely that of anger in both English and Arabic. To this extent, a corpus consisting of metaphorical expressions denoting anger in both languages was utilized. These expressions were classified based on their metaphorical mappings and later on analysed using Kövecses' (2002) framework. Results indicated that even though the two languages share a number of anger conceptualizations, they had certain differences. These differences were attributed to difference in language, in the sense that language genius and vocabulary repertoire often influence the conceptualization process. Culture, too, proved to be another source of as elements like climate and life style manipulate the conceptualization process. Note that the study of metaphorical conceptualization of emotions in general and anger specifically is underestimated in Arabic and further research is required
Research articale, 2020
The aim behind this study is to investigate how EFL learners in Algeria and Jordan use repair str... more The aim behind this study is to investigate how EFL learners in Algeria and Jordan use repair strategies (namely selfinitiated repair and repetition) to handle communication breakdown. The study delves in two major issues: why and how EFL learners introduce and use repair strategies in their oral discourse. As far as the sample of this study is concerned, it consisted of 20 participants divided equally between the two nationalities. The participants were university students majoring in English (EFL learners) attending Mustapha Stambouli University (Algeria) and the University of Jordan respectively. Data were collected using recording as participants were required to give a small talk about their future expectations using the English language. Using the conversation analysis (CA) framework, results revealed that both groups used repair strategies as a way to overcome their communication breakdown to keep the conversation going. While both groups used self-initiated repair and repetition, Algerian EFL learners used significantly more repair strategies than Jordanians. It is important to mention that self-initiated repair was used at higher rates by the two groups unlike repetition. Such study could be used as way to raise awareness for the importance of teaching these repair strategies for non-native’s in order to help them handle the inventible communication troubles.
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Papers by Derki Noureddine