Muhammad Shehadeh
Doctoral Student in Linguistics - Muhammad’s thesis is entitled ‘Unpacking Meaning in Spoken Interaction: An Analysis of Jordanian Arabic Discourse Particles’.
Research project title
‘Unpacking Meaning in Spoken Interaction: An Analysis of Jordanian Arabic Discourse Particles’
Supervisors:
Dr Rebecca Woods + Prof Michelle Sheehan
Contact Details:
Email: m.shehadeh2@newcastle.ac.uk
Research Interests:
- Syntax
- Pragmatics
- Sociolinguistics
- Discourse
A brief outline of my research project
My project investigates the syntactic and pragmatic functions of discourse particles in Jordanian Arabic (JA), aiming to provide a comprehensive analysis of their roles in shaping conversational structure and meaning. Syntactically, the project examines the positions these particles occupy within clauses, their co-occurrence patterns, and their interaction with other sentence elements, contributing to a deeper understanding of their grammatical integration. Pragmatically, the study analyzes how these particles convey speaker attitudes. By combining syntactic analysis with pragmatic interpretation, the research seeks to map the multifunctionality of JA discourse particles and to highlight their context-dependent variability.