Open AccessCooperative Patterns in the Egyptian Colloquial Arabic
Author(s) -
Siti Aminah,
Amir Ma’ruf
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
humaniora
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2302-9269
pISSN - 0852-0801
DOI - 10.22146/jh.v28i2.16396
Subject(s) - grice , arabic , negotiation , variety (cybernetics) , linguistics , citizen journalism , computer science , cooperative principle , communication , natural language processing , sociology , artificial intelligence , social science , pragmatics , world wide web , philosophy
This article described the cooperative patterns formed in the Egyptian speech community using Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA). The data were taken by using participatory observation method through the recording and note-taking techniques. By employing Grice’s theory of cooperative principles and maxims, this study suggested that speech events in Egyptian society had a variety of cooperative patterns. The varied patterns could be seen in the negotiation processes to reach an agreement. Therefore, the negotiations required a lot of energy and time.