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Direct linkSalem, Essa; Jarrah, Marwan; Alrashdan, Imran – SAGE Open, 2020
The present study examines the use of English lexical insertions to create humor by Jordanian university students. The data of the study are collected from spontaneous tape-recorded conversations from 62 participants of both males and females, representing different age groups (from 18-23 years old) and belonging to different specializations…
Descriptors: Humor, Language Usage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Zibin, Aseel – SAGE Open, 2016
This study explores the ability of Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) to comprehend metaphorical expressions in English and investigates whether the use of their first language (L1) conceptual and linguistic knowledge may facilitate the comprehension of these expressions. For this purpose, the study adopts a contrastive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Figurative Language
