Congratulation Strategies of Crown Prince Hussein’s Wedding: A Socio-pragmatic Study of Facebook Comments
This study aimed to explore the most frequently used congratulation strategies as well as positive politeness strategies used by Jordanian Facebook users during the royal wedding of Prince Hussein. To achieve these goals, a sample of 600 comments was collected from three posts related to three offic...
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| author | Abu Manie’ Hisham Isam Al-Sayyed Sa’ida Walid Alkhawaja Linda A. Rababa’h Bayan B. |
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| description | This study aimed to explore the most frequently used congratulation strategies as well as positive politeness strategies used by Jordanian Facebook users during the royal wedding of Prince Hussein. To achieve these goals, a sample of 600 comments was collected from three posts related to three official Facebook pages. The comments were categorized and analyzed based on Elwood’s (2004) classification of congratulation strategies and the positive politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). The results of the study revealed that the most frequent congratulation strategies used by Jordanian Facebook users in congratulating Prince Hussein and his bride were the employment of the illocutionary force indicating device (IFID), represented by congratulations, in combination with other strategies, followed by IFID as a single strategy, and the offer of good wish. Furthermore, the analysis showed that the most politeness strategies employed were intensifying interest to the hearer in combination with other politeness strategies, followed by giving gifts to the hearer and intensifying interest to the hearer as a single politeness strategy. Religious expressions and invocations to Allah were dominant among the congratulatory comments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9dbb66e7a1a84a2595b0cfe4cd531d5f2025-08-20T03:39:56ZengDe GruyterOpen Cultural Studies2451-34742025-03-019115117210.1515/culture-2025-0051Congratulation Strategies of Crown Prince Hussein’s Wedding: A Socio-pragmatic Study of Facebook CommentsAbu Manie’ Hisham Isam0Al-Sayyed Sa’ida Walid1Alkhawaja Linda A.2Rababa’h Bayan B.3Department of English Language and Literature, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, JordanDepartment of English Language, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, JordanDepartment of English Language, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, JordanDepartment of English Language and Literature, University of Jordan, Amman, JordanThis study aimed to explore the most frequently used congratulation strategies as well as positive politeness strategies used by Jordanian Facebook users during the royal wedding of Prince Hussein. To achieve these goals, a sample of 600 comments was collected from three posts related to three official Facebook pages. The comments were categorized and analyzed based on Elwood’s (2004) classification of congratulation strategies and the positive politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). The results of the study revealed that the most frequent congratulation strategies used by Jordanian Facebook users in congratulating Prince Hussein and his bride were the employment of the illocutionary force indicating device (IFID), represented by congratulations, in combination with other strategies, followed by IFID as a single strategy, and the offer of good wish. Furthermore, the analysis showed that the most politeness strategies employed were intensifying interest to the hearer in combination with other politeness strategies, followed by giving gifts to the hearer and intensifying interest to the hearer as a single politeness strategy. Religious expressions and invocations to Allah were dominant among the congratulatory comments.https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2025-0051illocutionary force indicating devicepractical learningprofessional competencespeech actsteaching quality |
| spellingShingle | Abu Manie’ Hisham Isam Al-Sayyed Sa’ida Walid Alkhawaja Linda A. Rababa’h Bayan B. Congratulation Strategies of Crown Prince Hussein’s Wedding: A Socio-pragmatic Study of Facebook Comments Open Cultural Studies illocutionary force indicating device practical learning professional competence speech acts teaching quality |
| title | Congratulation Strategies of Crown Prince Hussein’s Wedding: A Socio-pragmatic Study of Facebook Comments |
| title_full | Congratulation Strategies of Crown Prince Hussein’s Wedding: A Socio-pragmatic Study of Facebook Comments |
| title_fullStr | Congratulation Strategies of Crown Prince Hussein’s Wedding: A Socio-pragmatic Study of Facebook Comments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Congratulation Strategies of Crown Prince Hussein’s Wedding: A Socio-pragmatic Study of Facebook Comments |
| title_short | Congratulation Strategies of Crown Prince Hussein’s Wedding: A Socio-pragmatic Study of Facebook Comments |
| title_sort | congratulation strategies of crown prince hussein s wedding a socio pragmatic study of facebook comments |
| topic | illocutionary force indicating device practical learning professional competence speech acts teaching quality |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2025-0051 |
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