Repetition and Sentence Construction In Slogans of Arab Revolutions

Abstract

This study aims to investigate slogans as used by Arabs speakers during
revolutions. It shows one of the important lexical features that characterized
slogans namely repetition as a narrative device which has been used for the
purpose of emphasis in respect to its various kinds .The study also classified
slogans according to Quirk and Green (1973:191)classification of sentence with
relation to the direct speech act theory .The data is collected from the internet ,
TV channels and newspapers .