Sameer Naser Olimat
Biographic Data
| ID | 2938349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sameer Naser Olimat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sameer Naser |
| FAMILY NAME | Olimat |
| SIGNATURE | OLIMAT S N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hashemite University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2767-6751 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Artificial Intelligence in translation studies
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing translation teaching, training, and practices, yet its adoption amongst the translation studies community remains under-researched. The current study investigates Jordanian translation academics' knowledge, attitudes and AI practices in teaching and academic research. The study employs a 5-likert scale questionnaire to explore translation academics' awareness and attitudes about AI, their use of AI …
A socio-onomastic study of the 2022 Fifa World Cup football teams’ nicknames
Despite growing research interest into the language of sports, little research investigates football teams’ nicknames significance and fan attitudes. The objective of this study is two-fold: to explore Jordanian youth attitudes and views towards these nicknames using a close-ended questionnaire, and to classify and analyse the nicknames into different categories from a socio-onomastic perspective. The study aims to answer two research questions. …
Subtitling sensitive Arabic language for English audiences
The current study investigates the subtitling strategies of sensitive language in Netflix’s Jinn and Al-Rawabi shows from Arabic into English. A corpus of Arabic sex-related expressions from the two shows subtitled into English are extracted. The typology of the sex-related examples is classified into four groups, namely verbal innuendo, clothing revealment, slang and vulgar words, and body part-related references. The study findings show that di…
The impact of Covid-19 and its terminology learning strategies on EFL learners’ vocabulary repertoire
COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis worldwide posing many linguistic challenges including understanding and learning new related terminology. This study explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its terminology learning strategies on EFL learners' vocabulary acquisition, particularly in Jordan. A triangulated approach was employed for collecting data including interviews, tests and a questionnaire distributed to 100 EFL learners a…
Normativity and Variation in the Address Terms System Practiced among the Jordanian Youth Community
This study investigates the key forms of address used amongst Jordanian university students, the impact of gender on using these forms and what accounts for the variation in their address system. By addressing the issue of normativity and heterogeneity in the use of address terms, in different social settings, the study enriches the understanding of the internal variation of the address term system. Data collected through questionnaires and semi-…
Words as Powerful Weapons
Covid-19 pandemic constitutes the greatest threat to the worldwide population and countries nowadays. Donald Trump, the president of the greatest country in the world, has frequently received heavy criticism as a result of his language use in the period of Covid-19. Therefore, the present paper examines dysphemistic expressions used in Trump's discourse on Covid-19. A sample of dysphemistic examples adopted in Trump's daily speeches in a crucial …
Covid-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 is the major health crisis worldwide nowadays. Linguistic aspects of individuals and communities, including euphemism and dysphemism, were affected by this global challenge because choosing appropriate words to express what speakers intend to say and to reflect what they value or disvalue is a basic part of communication. Euphemism is an acceptable expression used instead of an offensive one to avoid unpleasant connotations, while dysphe…
Normativity and Variation in the Address Terms System Practiced among the Jordanian Youth Community
This study investigates the key forms of address used amongst Jordanian university students, the impact of gender on using these forms and what accounts for the variation in their address system. By addressing the issue of normativity and heterogeneity in the use of address terms, in different social settings, the study enriches the understanding of the internal variation of the address term system. Data collected through questionnaires and semi-…
Words as Powerful Weapons
Covid-19 pandemic constitutes the greatest threat to the worldwide population and countries nowadays. Donald Trump, the president of the greatest country in the world, has frequently received heavy criticism as a result of his language use in the period of Covid-19. Therefore, the present paper examines dysphemistic expressions used in Trump's discourse on Covid-19. A sample of dysphemistic examples adopted in Trump's daily speeches in a crucial …
Covid-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 is the major health crisis worldwide nowadays. Linguistic aspects of individuals and communities, including euphemism and dysphemism, were affected by this global challenge because choosing appropriate words to express what speakers intend to say and to reflect what they value or disvalue is a basic part of communication. Euphemism is an acceptable expression used instead of an offensive one to avoid unpleasant connotations, while dysphe…
A socio-onomastic study of the 2022 Fifa World Cup football teams’ nicknames
Despite growing research interest into the language of sports, little research investigates football teams’ nicknames significance and fan attitudes. The objective of this study is two-fold: to explore Jordanian youth attitudes and views towards these nicknames using a close-ended questionnaire, and to classify and analyse the nicknames into different categories from a socio-onomastic perspective. The study aims to answer two research questions. …
Subtitling sensitive Arabic language for English audiences
The current study investigates the subtitling strategies of sensitive language in Netflix’s Jinn and Al-Rawabi shows from Arabic into English. A corpus of Arabic sex-related expressions from the two shows subtitled into English are extracted. The typology of the sex-related examples is classified into four groups, namely verbal innuendo, clothing revealment, slang and vulgar words, and body part-related references. The study findings show that di…
The impact of Covid-19 and its terminology learning strategies on EFL learners’ vocabulary repertoire
COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis worldwide posing many linguistic challenges including understanding and learning new related terminology. This study explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its terminology learning strategies on EFL learners' vocabulary acquisition, particularly in Jordan. A triangulated approach was employed for collecting data including interviews, tests and a questionnaire distributed to 100 EFL learners a…
Normativity and Variation in the Address Terms System Practiced among the Jordanian Youth Community
This study investigates the key forms of address used amongst Jordanian university students, the impact of gender on using these forms and what accounts for the variation in their address system. By addressing the issue of normativity and heterogeneity in the use of address terms, in different social settings, the study enriches the understanding of the internal variation of the address term system. Data collected through questionnaires and semi-…
Artificial Intelligence in translation studies
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing translation teaching, training, and practices, yet its adoption amongst the translation studies community remains under-researched. The current study investigates Jordanian translation academics' knowledge, attitudes and AI practices in teaching and academic research. The study employs a 5-likert scale questionnaire to explore translation academics' awareness and attitudes about AI, their use of AI …
Linguistics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism (4 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Arabic (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)