Jordan University of Science and Technology

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Jordan University of Science and Technology*

Migdadi, Fathi & Rasheed Al-Jarrah 2026 Pragmatic-rhetorical strategies employed by Prophet Mohammad in Hadiths on faith

Keywords: Hadith | persuasion | logos | ethos | pathos | pragmatic act

Pragmatics and Society | Online First Publication, 21 pp. | article

Al-Ali, Mohammed Nahar 2026 Verbo-visual metafunctions and interactional metadiscourse strategic cues in Arabic advertisements: Verbo-visual strategies in Arabic ads

Keywords: telecommunication video ads | interactional metadiscourse | visual metafunction cues | promotion strategies

Pragmatics | Online First Publication, 24 pp. | article

Badarneh, Muhammad A. 2026 ‘All we are concerned with is saving the country’: National salvation, othering, and victimhood in Arabic public political resignations

Keywords: political resignations | Arab politics | national salvation | positioning | othering | victimhood | appeal to the people

Language and Dialogue 16:2 pp. 206–229 | article

Migdadi, Fathi, Muhammad A. Badarneh & Areej Qudaisat 2024 ‘Where have you been hiding this voice?’: Judges’ compliments on the TV talent show Arab Idol

Keywords: compliments | rapport management | quality face | identity face | sociality rights | interactional roles

Pragmatics 35:3 pp. 395–422 | article

Badarneh, Muhammad A. & Malak Damiri 2023 Criticizing for the public interest and aligning with others: How Jordanians constructed their online criticisms of lockdown breaches during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords: criticizing | speech acts | face | politeness | fatalism | cultural situatedness

Pragmatics and Society 15:4 pp. 557–583 | article

Al-Ali, Mohammed Nahar & Badra Hadj Djelloul 2023 The role of multimodality and intertextuality in accentuating humor in Algerian Hirak’s posters

Keywords: Algerian Hirak | Multimodal Discourse Analysis | multimodality | intertextuality | humor

Pragmatics 35:1 pp. 1–24 | article | open access

Al-Ali, Mohammed Nahar, Meera B. Sahawneh & Safaa M. Hamzeh 2023 How to get more views: An analysis of metadiscoursal and discoursal linguistic cues in Arabic clickbait headlines

Keywords: Arabic clickbait headlines | interactive metadiscourse | interactional metadiscourse | verbal processes | participants | linguistic enticing strategies

Internet Pragmatics 7:2 pp. 272–297 | article

Nahar Al-Ali, Mohammed & Salsabeel M. Shatat 2022 Mitigating requesting acts by deaf Jordanian adults

Keywords: requests | pragmalinguistic | deaf language users | deaf education | Arab culture

Pragmatics and Society 13:4 pp. 663–683 | article

Al-Ali, Mohammed Nahar & Hanan A. Shatat 2021 Discoursal representation of masculine parenting in Arabic and English websites

Keywords: parenting discourse | gender roles | Arabic and English websites

Pragmatics 32:3 pp. 403–425 | article | open access

Badarneh, Muhammad A., Fathi Migdadi & Maram Al-Jahmani 2021 Invoking divine blessing: The pragmatics of the congratulation speech act in university graduation notebooks in Jordan

Keywords: congratulations | speech acts | pragmemes | collectivism | fatalism | blessing

Pragmatics 32:2 pp. 159–190 | article | open access

Al-Ali, Mohammed Nahar & Rana N. Abu-Abah 2020 The functional components of telephone conversation opening phase in Jordanian Arabic

Keywords: telephone openings | functional components | Jordanian Arabic culture

Pragmatics 31:1 p. 6 | article | open access

Badarneh, Muhammad A. 2019 ‘Like a donkey carrying books’: Intertextuality and impoliteness in Arabic online reader responses

Keywords: intertextuality | impoliteness | face | identity | online reader responses | Arab politics

Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 8:1 pp. 1–28 | article

Al-Ali, Mohammed Nahar 2018 A genre-pragmatic analysis of Arabic academic book reviews (ArBRs)

Keywords: Genre | Academic discourse | Book review | Arabic

Pragmatics 28:2 pp. 159–183 | article | open access

Badarneh, Muhammad A., Kawakib Al-Momani & Fathi Migdadi 2018 Performing acts of impoliteness through code-switching to English in colloquial Jordanian Arabic interactions

Keywords: Politeness | impoliteness | code-switching | face | face attack | discursive approach | English | Jordanian Arabic

Pragmatics and Society 8:4 pp. 571–600 | article

Badarneh, Muhammad A., Kawakib Al-Momani & Fathi Migdadi 2017 Performing acts of impoliteness through code-switching to English in colloquial Jordanian Arabic interactions

Keywords: politeness | impoliteness | code-switching | face | face attack | discursive approach | English | Jordanian Arabic

Pragmatics and Society 8:3 | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.