In:English in Kuwait: Development, status and usage
Mohammad A.N. Alenezi
[Varieties of English Around the World G73] 2026
► pp. 126–154
Chapter 5Discourse-pragmatic markers in Kuwaiti English
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Article outline
- 5.1DPMs in KENC2023: Types and frequencies
- 5.2Overview of Arabic-based DPMs
- 5.2.1Yallah
- 5.2.2Shino
- 5.2.3Mathalan
- 5.2.4Ṣaḥ
- 5.2.5Alḥamdulillāh
- 5.2.6Bas
- 5.2.7Yaʿni
- 5.2.8Inzain
- 5.2.9Khalāṣ
- 5.2.10ʿAraftay
- 5.2.11Shisma
- 5.2.12Mashallah
- 5.3The case of bro and man
- 5.4The case of inshallah and hopefully
- 5.5The case of wallah
- 5.6DPMs as evidence of a nativised Kuwaiti English
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