The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students

This study aims to examine the extent to which Jordanian university students use positive and negative euphemism to address the problematic references of the taboo language in sex-related topics, namely sexual organs, sexual intercourse, and illegitimate sex relations. It also aims to shed light on...

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Main Author:	Jdetawy, Loae Fakhri Ahmad
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2022
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling	my-uum-etd.101912023-01-04T05:10:19Z The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students 2022 Jdetawy, Loae Fakhri Ahmad Hamzah, Mohd Hilmi N.Krishnasamy, Hariharan Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts & Sciences LB2300 Higher Education This study aims to examine the extent to which Jordanian university students use positive and negative euphemism to address the problematic references of the taboo language in sex-related topics, namely sexual organs, sexual intercourse, and illegitimate sex relations. It also aims to shed light on certain aspects of this existence such as the formation processes of the various types of euphemisms and the extent to which Jordanian university students observe Grice‟s maxims of conversation or flout them. The theoretical framework used in this research is based on the following theories; the Politeness theory proposed by Brown and Levinson in 1987 and Grice's Co-operative principle and the Maxims of conversation in 1975. This study followed a mixed-methods approach, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The variables selected for this study are divided into two main categories: independent variable (gender) and dependent variable (the use of euphemisms by Jordanian university students). The current study found that Jordanian university students (male/female) slightly used taboo language to a certain extent. It was also found that the euphemisms‟ formation processes proposed by Farghal‟s model in 1995 are used by Jordanian university students, especially figurative speech and Euphemizers devices. The study has further revealed that Farghal‟s model is incapable of accounting for all euphemisms‟ formation devices employed by Jordanian university students. As a result, a modified version of Farghal‟s model was formulated by the researcher. The study also found that the euphemisms of sex-related topics, namely sexual organs, sexual intercourse, and illegitimate sex relations used by Jordanian university students (male/female) flout two of Grice‟s maxims of conversation, namely the maxim of quality and the maxim of manner. Finally, the findings of this study demonstrated that gender is slightly influential in terms of the Jordanian students‟ use of positive euphemism. 2022 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/10191/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/10191/1/s901171_01.pdf text eng 2025-03-09 staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10191/2/s901171_02.pdf text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Hamzah, Mohd Hilmi N.Krishnasamy, Hariharan
topic	LB2300 Higher Education
spellingShingle	LB2300 Higher Education Jdetawy, Loae Fakhri Ahmad The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students
description	This study aims to examine the extent to which Jordanian university students use positive and negative euphemism to address the problematic references of the taboo language in sex-related topics, namely sexual organs, sexual intercourse, and illegitimate sex relations. It also aims to shed light on certain aspects of this existence such as the formation processes of the various types of euphemisms and the extent to which Jordanian university students observe Grice‟s maxims of conversation or flout them. The theoretical framework used in this research is based on the following theories; the Politeness theory proposed by Brown and Levinson in 1987 and Grice's Co-operative principle and the Maxims of conversation in 1975. This study followed a mixed-methods approach, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The variables selected for this study are divided into two main categories: independent variable (gender) and dependent variable (the use of euphemisms by Jordanian university students). The current study found that Jordanian university students (male/female) slightly used taboo language to a certain extent. It was also found that the euphemisms‟ formation processes proposed by Farghal‟s model in 1995 are used by Jordanian university students, especially figurative speech and Euphemizers devices. The study has further revealed that Farghal‟s model is incapable of accounting for all euphemisms‟ formation devices employed by Jordanian university students. As a result, a modified version of Farghal‟s model was formulated by the researcher. The study also found that the euphemisms of sex-related topics, namely sexual organs, sexual intercourse, and illegitimate sex relations used by Jordanian university students (male/female) flout two of Grice‟s maxims of conversation, namely the maxim of quality and the maxim of manner. Finally, the findings of this study demonstrated that gender is slightly influential in terms of the Jordanian students‟ use of positive euphemism.
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author	Jdetawy, Loae Fakhri Ahmad
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title	The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students
title_short	The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students
title_full	The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students
title_fullStr	The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students
title_full_unstemmed	The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
publishDate	2022
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/10191/1/s901171_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/10191/2/s901171_02.pdf
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The employment of sex-related taboos and corresponding euphemisms in Arabic among Jordanian university students

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