Papers by Mahmoud Shreateh
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International Journal of Literature Studies
This qualitative research paper investigated Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions (1988) in relation ... more This qualitative research paper investigated Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions (1988) in relation to Foucault's (1990) concept of circulating power relations. The researcher explored the destruction and construction of some of the characters' identities due to the impact of the 'superior' English colonial language. It shed light on the resurrection of some of the females' identities due to their exposure to colonial education that came as a result of their resistance to different forms of power, which is reflected in their speaking styles. The first section highlighted the unequal power relations and the effect of education inside the Rhodesian community. The second section highlighted the change in the power relations due to the 'Englishness' that resulted in helping some characters to retrieve their own identities after their productive resistance against patriarchal and colonial powers. In the end, the results of this study confirmed the circulating nat...
This cross-cultural study tackles refusals as extended in Palestinian and American societies. Ref... more This cross-cultural study tackles refusals as extended in Palestinian and American societies. Refusal may be a face-threatening act to the inviter, because it contradicts his/her expectations, and is often realized through indirect strategies. Therefore, unlike acceptance, it requires a high level of pragmatic competence. The study reveals that that Palestinians and US Americans tend to use a variety of strategies so as to soften the perlocutionary effect of the face-threatening act on the addressee had an invitation been rejected. Most Palestinians believe that the use of such apologetic expressions is a significant act of politeness and, hence, a redressing strategy. Basically, they are lexical and syntactic markers of politeness which speakers usually use to show their awareness that something wrong has happened and it has to be amended. So, such speech forms are seen by Palestinian people as markers of affiliation and solidarity.
Applied Linguistics Research Journal, 2018
People communicate since they are part of the society. They simply have to talk with each other. ... more People communicate since they are part of the society. They simply have to talk with each other. It's a fundamental need, and a pleasure for humans to be part of relationships. It's speech which plays the main role in communication. The main function of spoken language is to "socialize individuals to integrate people in social nets by enabling them to communicate in a quick and direct way with immediate feedback from the addressee. " (Dontcheva-Navratilovak, 2005, p.66). Throughout speech one can simplify complicated ideas into a wide range of simple meanings. However, the function of speech is not only to convey information of certain meanings, but it is also connected to interaction between people. This interaction is supposed to be polite. As the majority, if not all, of cultures suggest to enable the participants of any conversation to feel comfortable, and to enjoy conversations and social interaction in general. Brown and Levinson's politeness theory was originally published in 1978 and revised in 1987. It has given scholars an enormous amount of analysis methods. Without this theory, we would not be in a position to consider the phenomenon of politeness as a fundamental aspect of human sociocommunicative interaction. It provides several presentations of insights into human behavior. Also, it has been saved as a touchstone for other researchers who felt the need to go beyond it. But it is clearly a class of its own in terms of its
The paper examined the gender differences with reference to turn taking phenomenon in academic se... more The paper examined the gender differences with reference to turn taking phenomenon in academic settings at Hebron University. The analysis relied on naturally occurring data that were gathered from two different academic meetings that took place in Department of English at Hebron University during the spring semester of 2016. This research aimed at providing empirical evidence regarding gender stereotypes; the extent to which these stereotypes accurate. The findings indicated that females are more likely to take turns in conversation which supports the proposal that women’s greater turn taking rates can be attributed to interpersonal sensitivity rather than lack of assertiveness.
This paper shows that brand names feature a serious problem in English-Arabic translation. In ord... more This paper shows that brand names feature a serious problem in English-Arabic translation. In order to highlight the problem under discussion, the study explores the translation of some brand names in their original context of use. 20 audio-visual advertisements, 10 English advertisement and their 10 Arabic translations that are directed towards Palestinian audience, are used for data collection. This comparative/ contrastive study focuses on the different translation strategies (domestication or foreignization) that are followed in rendering brand names in audio-visual advertisements (Venuti, 2012). The researcher employed an empirical, descriptive and analytical approach where advertisements were selected, categorized according to the different translation strategies that were adopted in rendering them. The findings of this study reveal that brand names are rendered through domestication of English advertisements into Arabic. The aim is to create a similar impact on the target lan...
International Journal of Research in English Education, Dec 1, 2017
Technology can be a robust tool for converting learning. It can help assert and improve relations... more Technology can be a robust tool for converting learning. It can help assert and improve relationships between instructors and learners, change our methods to learning and collaboration, narrow long-standing availability gaps, and modify learning experiences to meet the needs of all learners. This study aimed at investigating the students' perceptions and attitudes towards blended learning in the English Department at Hebron University (HU), learning whether the blended learning approach is suitable at HU or not, and investigating some teachers' attitudes towards blended learning in the English Department. So as to collect data for analysis, a questionnaire was distributed to English-major students and an interview was conducted with professors in the English Department. The major findings of this quantitative and qualitative study have revealed that the blended learning approach has a great acceptance from the students, and the instructors have favorable views towards using it to ensure the success of the teaching/learning process.
University of Sharjah (UoS) Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
This study undertakes a thorough analysis of the aspects of intertextuality and their undertones ... more This study undertakes a thorough analysis of the aspects of intertextuality and their undertones in William Blake’s companion poems:The Lamb (1789) from the Songs of Innocence and The Tyger (1794) from the Songs of Experience. These poems are often read side by side since they are described as counterparts to one another reflecting Blake’s dualistic ideology on the conflicting states of the human soul (good vs. evil). The researchers adopted Charles Bazerman’s(2004) theory in analyzing intertextuality within texts. The analysis of the poems revealed that there are 22 instances of religious and literary intertextual allusions within both poems and their type of textual integration was mainly description. In addition, a great percentage of those allusions consist of religious undertones which help reflect the dualistic approach that Blake adopted in his volumes of poetry. Keywords: dualistic; intertextuality; poetry; religious
Translating advertisements
Arabic Translation Across Discourses
This paper is an attempt to apply Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory on Lady Macbe... more This paper is an attempt to apply Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory on Lady Macbeth's speech in Shakespeare's Macbeth. By analyzing her dialogues in the play, the researchers try to find the politeness strategies in these dialogues, and the reasons behind preferring the use one strategy over another. After classifying the analyzed selected parts of the play and arranging them according to Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness strategies, the researchers found that power, status and distance play the biggest role in preferring one strategy over the others. Moreover, the findings revealed that Lady Macbeth's ideology leads her to prefer one strategy over another in order to perform her plans successfully. article citation Eshreteh, M. K. & Yasir Draweesh, Y. (2018). Applying Brown and Levinson's politeness theory on Lady Macbeth's speech in Shakespear's Macbeth, Applied Linguisics Research Journal, 2(1), 25-32.
This paper explores the practice of insisting among people in the Palestinian society with respec... more This paper explores the practice of insisting among people in the Palestinian society with respect to invitations. Even though insistence is perceived as a Face Threatening Act (FTA) in some societies (Brown & Levinson, 1987), the study shows that insistence in Palestinian society is desirable and expected behavior which usually aims at highlighting in-group solidarity and revealing affiliation and hospitality. Building mainly on studies in socio-pragmatics and some ethnographic work in communication, this study examines instances of insistence by means of which caring and hospitality are conveyed as markers of affiliation that recreate an interpersonal ideology of connectedness.
A cross-cultural socio-pragmatic study of invitations in Palestinian arabic and American english
Cross Cultural Communication, Jan 26, 2015
This paper explores the practice of insisting among people in the Palestinian society with respec... more This paper explores the practice of insisting among people in the Palestinian society with respect to invitations. Even though insistence is perceived as a Face Threatening Act (FTA) in some societies (Brown & Levinson, 1987), the study shows that insistence in Palestinian society is desirable and expected behavior which usually aims at highlighting in-group solidarity and revealing affiliation and hospitality. Building mainly on studies in socio-pragmatics and some ethnographic work in communication, this study examines instances of insistence by means of which caring and hospitality are conveyed as markers of affiliation that recreate an interpersonal ideology of connectedness.
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