{"id":22565,"date":"2026-05-18T09:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/su.edu.ye\/voga\/?p=22565"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:11:37","slug":"phd-degree-awarded-to-ms-khulood-khaled-al-adimi-in-linguistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/su.edu.ye\/voga\/en\/22565\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Degree Awarded to Ms. Khulood Khaled Al-Adimi in Linguistics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ms. Khulood Khaled Abdulwali Haidar Al-Adimi <\/strong>was awarded a PhD degree in Linguistics<\/strong> for her dissertation titled: Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Competence in Making Requests: A Comparative Study between Yemeni EFL Learners and Native Speakers of English<\/em><\/strong>, which was submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Languages\u2013 Sana\u2019a University. The dissertation defense was held on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The PhD Viva-Voce Committee, which was formed based on a resolution issued by the Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Council, consisted of the following:<\/p>\n

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#<\/strong><\/td>\nCommittee Members<\/strong><\/td>\nDesignation<\/strong><\/td>\nPosition<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAssoc. Prof. Mujeeb Ali Murshid Qasim<\/strong><\/td>\nExternal Examiner<\/td>\nChair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nAssoc. Prof.<\/strong> Abdulwadood Ahmed Annuzaili<\/strong><\/td>\nMain Supervisor Representative<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAssoc. Prof.<\/strong> Abdulmalik Mansour Saleh Saif \u200e<\/strong><\/td>\nInternal Examiner<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The dissertation aimed to:<\/p>\n

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  • Identify the \u201chead act\u201d request strategies and internal modification devices used by the three groups.<\/li>\n
  • Explore similarities and differences in their request formulations.<\/li>\n
  • Examine the impact of social power and social distance on the choice of request strategies.<\/li>\n
  • Investigate the effect of pragmatic transfer from the native language on the performance of Yemeni learners of English.\u200e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The study yielded several key findings summarized as follows:<\/p>\n

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    • Significant cross-cultural differences existed in the performance of request acts. Native American English speakers showed a strong preference for conventionally indirect strategies, particularly preparatory inquiry forms, and employed a wide range of lexical and syntactic mitigation devices.<\/li>\n
    • Native Yemeni Arabic speakers relied heavily on direct strategies and frequently used contextual justifications rather than explicit linguistic modification, reflecting Arabic social and cultural norms.<\/li>\n
    • Yemeni learners of English demonstrated an interlanguage pattern combining English-like indirect strategies with Arabic-influenced directness. Although they frequently used conventionally indirect forms, they employed direct strategies far more often than native English speakers and relied extensively on the politeness marker \u201cplease,\u201d indicating a limited range of linguistic modification devices.\u200e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In light of these findings, the researcher recommended the following:<\/p>\n

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      • Conducting further studies using naturally occurring data, longitudinal research designs, and instructional interventions to support the development of pragmatic competence in foreign language learning contexts.\u200e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        The dissertation defense was attended by a number of academics, researchers, and specialists, students, colleagues, and the researcher\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

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