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Engagement strategies in English and Arabic newspaper editorials

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  • Sharif Alghazo

    (The University of Jordan)

  • Khulood Al-Anbar

    (The University of Jordan)

  • Marwan Jarrah

    (The University of Jordan)

  • Ghaleb Rabab’ah

    (The University of Jordan
    University of Sharjah)

  • Mutasim Al-Deaibes

    (Khalifa University)

Abstract

This study explores the use and functions of engagement strategies in English and Arabic newspaper editorials. To this end, the study analyses 80 editorials collected from two popular newspapers (40 from each): The Guardian which publishes in English and appears in the UK and Addustour which publishes in Arabic and appears in Jordan. Following Paltridge’s (2020) taxonomy, the study utilises a mixed-method approach to assess whether differences in the use of engagement strategies between the two corpora are statistically significant and to identify the functions of the strategies used in the two sets of data. The findings show that there are statistically significant differences between the two languages in the use of some engagement strategies. In particular, Arabic editorials included more reader pronouns and less personal asides than did English ones. In addition, although questioning as an engagement strategy was absent in the Arabic corpus, it was used in the English one to transmit information and circulate knowledge. The findings enrich our understanding of how the editorial genre is constructed, and how editorialists engage with their readers in the two languages.

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  • Sharif Alghazo & Khulood Al-Anbar & Marwan Jarrah & Ghaleb Rabab’ah & Mutasim Al-Deaibes, 2023. "Engagement strategies in English and Arabic newspaper editorials," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:10:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-023-01519-y
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-023-01519-y
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