Afida Mohamad Ali
Biographic Data
| ID | 3914020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Afida Mohamad Ali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Afida Mohamad |
| FAMILY NAME | Ali |
| SIGNATURE | ALI A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1613-5041 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Corpus-Based Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Hedging Strategies in Linguistics and Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Introductions
Hedging strategies are essential rhetorical tools in academic writing, enabling authors to express caution, manage interpersonal relationships, and conform to disciplinary conventions. This study examined the use of hedging strategies in the Introduction sections of doctoral d issertations (DDs) in Linguistics (Ling) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) through a cross-disciplinary lens. Using a corpus-based, mixed-method approach, the…
English Language Teachers’ Speaking Assessment Beliefs and Practices in Malaysian Secondary Schools
This study examines the correlation between Malaysian secondary school English teachers’ speaking assessment beliefs and their actual classroom practices within a classroom-based assessment framework. Adopting a quantitative research approach, data were collected from 98 teachers via a survey, and correlational analysis was employed to examine the strength, direction, and significance of the relationship between their beliefs and practices. The f…
Framing the Great March of Return: A Pilot Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of the Palestine Chronicle and Haaretz
This pilot study employs corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis (CDA) to examine media portrayals of the Great March of Return (GMR) in two contrasting news outlets: The Palestine Chronicle (PC) and Haaretz. A corpus of 11,611 words was compiled from 18 articles published between March 2018 and December 2020. The data were analyzed using Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework and Halliday's Transitivity Theory to examine na…
A comparative move analysis of problem-solution discourse within risk management reports by Malaysian and American banks
Background and Purpose: A risk management report (henceforth, RMR) is a comprehensive document that analyses the risks faced by banks and outlines strategies to mitigate these risks. It follows an organising framework – the Problem-Solution (henceforth, PS) pattern which emphasises identifying problems and their solutions. Such a pattern is typically used in technical texts. This study shows how the said pattern is implemented in the organisation…
Unprompted self-disclosure in first encounter interactions: An analysis of getting-to-know-you conversations between new acquaintances
Research on self-disclosure is well-established in psychology and communication studies; however, unprompted self-disclosure as an action in conversation has not received as much attention. First encounters are often marked by social uncertainty, and self-disclosure plays a crucial role in facilitating conversation. Using a qualitative approach informed by insights from pragmatics and Conversation Analysis, and complemented by an analysis of freq…
Structural Patterns of Lexical Bundles in Business Studies Research Articles
Lexical bundles are defined as sequences of words that frequently occur together in a register. They are regarded as essential components of written academic discourse as they are prevalent in written registers. The purpose of this study is to examine the structure of three-to-six-word lexical bundles identified in the three sections of the business studies research articles: the Introduction, the Method and the Results sections, and classify the…
Lexicalisation and metaphorisation of Nigeria’s unity in selected national newspapers’ congratulatory announcements
A Systematic Review of Second-Person Knowledge Acquisition in First-Encounter Interactions
The acquisition of second-person knowledge in first encounters is a relatively unexplored area of investigation. In this study, we aim to shed light on this topic by systematically reviewing published research articles that describe the strategies and patterns observed when people seek to gain knowledge about one another in first encounters. Drawing on the framework of second-person knowledge and epistemics in conversation, we extracted relevant …
Semantic Extensions of Hausa Visual and Auditory Perception Verbs gani and ji in Romance Fiction
This study focuses on the metaphorical semantic extension of Hausa visual and auditory perception verbs as portrayed in romance fiction. Hausa language, just like any other language, provides a window into how speakers use language to make sense of the world around them. The study examines how language users attribute abstract concepts, such as thinking and understanding, to sensory experiences of seeing and hearing, drawing on the conceptual met…
Complex Speech Act as a Performance of Fallacies in Nouri al-Maliki’s Political Speeches
Pragmatics has revealed how the discourse of political speakers contains deliberate persuasive and manipulative claims which are carried out by an array of speech acts. Most of the time, such claims can be questionable as the meaning of a claim cannot be arrived at without considering additional elements, including the function of the speech act and the context of the utterances under investigation. Previous studies on speech acts were conducted …
Self and desired partner descriptions in the online romance scam: A linguistic analysis of scammer and general user profiles on online dating portals
Theme choice in oral case presentations: Differences between medical novices and experts
Pseudo-patriotic Undertone of Unity Discourse in Nigeria’s Print Media
The realisation of genuine national unity within its ethnically diverse society has always been the primary challenge facing Nigeria since its Independence in 1960. This study investigated the discursive recontextualisation of national unity through newspaper congratulatory announcements (NCAs) within Nigeria’s ethnically diverse society, focusing on the pseudopatriotic undertones of the privately sponsored NCAs. Critical discourse analysis (CDA)…
A Cognitive Semantic Analysis of Arabic Verb of Visual Perception رأى (ra'a) in Fiction Writing
This study focuses on whether the metaphors of visual perception are really as universal as has been argued in the literature as research in non-Western languages has demonstrated that the metaphors are not universal. Thus, this study aims at unraveling the conceptual metaphors underlying the linguistic expressions of the Arabic verb of visual perception ىأر (ra'a) in fiction writing. This study adopts a qualitative approach and is situated withi…
The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Product Information Brochure: How is Generic Structure Used to Persuade Potential Users
The presence and influence of complementary and alternative therapies have been increasingly felt in recent years. One reason for this is the active promotion of its services and products through various media channels. The current study focused on information brochures that are placed on pharmacy counters and shelves, and examined how they function as persuasive texts in promoting products and persuading potential users to buy them. The study ut…
The Role of Humor in the Construction of Satire in Nigerian Political Cartoons
The communicative functions of humor and its visual power have made political cartoons an interesting research field across academic disciplines. The first decade of the Millennium has witnessed a considerable research on editorial cartoons. This increasing research demonstrates that editorial cartoons have successfully constituted a genuine genre within media discourse. Cartoons are used to express opinions, construct valuable arguments and prov…
Self and desired partner descriptions in the online romance scam: A linguistic analysis of scammer and general user profiles on online dating portals
A Cognitive Semantic Analysis of Arabic Verb of Visual Perception رأى (ra'a) in Fiction Writing
This study focuses on whether the metaphors of visual perception are really as universal as has been argued in the literature as research in non-Western languages has demonstrated that the metaphors are not universal. Thus, this study aims at unraveling the conceptual metaphors underlying the linguistic expressions of the Arabic verb of visual perception ىأر (ra'a) in fiction writing. This study adopts a qualitative approach and is situated withi…
The Role of Humor in the Construction of Satire in Nigerian Political Cartoons
The communicative functions of humor and its visual power have made political cartoons an interesting research field across academic disciplines. The first decade of the Millennium has witnessed a considerable research on editorial cartoons. This increasing research demonstrates that editorial cartoons have successfully constituted a genuine genre within media discourse. Cartoons are used to express opinions, construct valuable arguments and prov…
The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Product Information Brochure: How is Generic Structure Used to Persuade Potential Users
The presence and influence of complementary and alternative therapies have been increasingly felt in recent years. One reason for this is the active promotion of its services and products through various media channels. The current study focused on information brochures that are placed on pharmacy counters and shelves, and examined how they function as persuasive texts in promoting products and persuading potential users to buy them. The study ut…
A Cognitive Semantic Analysis of Arabic Verb of Visual Perception رأى (ra'a) in Fiction Writing
This study focuses on whether the metaphors of visual perception are really as universal as has been argued in the literature as research in non-Western languages has demonstrated that the metaphors are not universal. Thus, this study aims at unraveling the conceptual metaphors underlying the linguistic expressions of the Arabic verb of visual perception ىأر (ra'a) in fiction writing. This study adopts a qualitative approach and is situated withi…
Theme choice in oral case presentations: Differences between medical novices and experts
Pseudo-patriotic Undertone of Unity Discourse in Nigeria’s Print Media
The realisation of genuine national unity within its ethnically diverse society has always been the primary challenge facing Nigeria since its Independence in 1960. This study investigated the discursive recontextualisation of national unity through newspaper congratulatory announcements (NCAs) within Nigeria’s ethnically diverse society, focusing on the pseudopatriotic undertones of the privately sponsored NCAs. Critical discourse analysis (CDA)…
Complex Speech Act as a Performance of Fallacies in Nouri al-Maliki’s Political Speeches
Pragmatics has revealed how the discourse of political speakers contains deliberate persuasive and manipulative claims which are carried out by an array of speech acts. Most of the time, such claims can be questionable as the meaning of a claim cannot be arrived at without considering additional elements, including the function of the speech act and the context of the utterances under investigation. Previous studies on speech acts were conducted …
Self and desired partner descriptions in the online romance scam: A linguistic analysis of scammer and general user profiles on online dating portals
A Systematic Review of Second-Person Knowledge Acquisition in First-Encounter Interactions
The acquisition of second-person knowledge in first encounters is a relatively unexplored area of investigation. In this study, we aim to shed light on this topic by systematically reviewing published research articles that describe the strategies and patterns observed when people seek to gain knowledge about one another in first encounters. Drawing on the framework of second-person knowledge and epistemics in conversation, we extracted relevant …
Semantic Extensions of Hausa Visual and Auditory Perception Verbs gani and ji in Romance Fiction
This study focuses on the metaphorical semantic extension of Hausa visual and auditory perception verbs as portrayed in romance fiction. Hausa language, just like any other language, provides a window into how speakers use language to make sense of the world around them. The study examines how language users attribute abstract concepts, such as thinking and understanding, to sensory experiences of seeing and hearing, drawing on the conceptual met…
Structural Patterns of Lexical Bundles in Business Studies Research Articles
Lexical bundles are defined as sequences of words that frequently occur together in a register. They are regarded as essential components of written academic discourse as they are prevalent in written registers. The purpose of this study is to examine the structure of three-to-six-word lexical bundles identified in the three sections of the business studies research articles: the Introduction, the Method and the Results sections, and classify the…
Lexicalisation and metaphorisation of Nigeria’s unity in selected national newspapers’ congratulatory announcements
English Language Teachers’ Speaking Assessment Beliefs and Practices in Malaysian Secondary Schools
This study examines the correlation between Malaysian secondary school English teachers’ speaking assessment beliefs and their actual classroom practices within a classroom-based assessment framework. Adopting a quantitative research approach, data were collected from 98 teachers via a survey, and correlational analysis was employed to examine the strength, direction, and significance of the relationship between their beliefs and practices. The f…
Framing the Great March of Return: A Pilot Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of the Palestine Chronicle and Haaretz
This pilot study employs corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis (CDA) to examine media portrayals of the Great March of Return (GMR) in two contrasting news outlets: The Palestine Chronicle (PC) and Haaretz. A corpus of 11,611 words was compiled from 18 articles published between March 2018 and December 2020. The data were analyzed using Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework and Halliday's Transitivity Theory to examine na…
A comparative move analysis of problem-solution discourse within risk management reports by Malaysian and American banks
Background and Purpose: A risk management report (henceforth, RMR) is a comprehensive document that analyses the risks faced by banks and outlines strategies to mitigate these risks. It follows an organising framework – the Problem-Solution (henceforth, PS) pattern which emphasises identifying problems and their solutions. Such a pattern is typically used in technical texts. This study shows how the said pattern is implemented in the organisation…
Unprompted self-disclosure in first encounter interactions: An analysis of getting-to-know-you conversations between new acquaintances
Research on self-disclosure is well-established in psychology and communication studies; however, unprompted self-disclosure as an action in conversation has not received as much attention. First encounters are often marked by social uncertainty, and self-disclosure plays a crucial role in facilitating conversation. Using a qualitative approach informed by insights from pragmatics and Conversation Analysis, and complemented by an analysis of freq…
A Corpus-Based Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Hedging Strategies in Linguistics and Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Introductions
Hedging strategies are essential rhetorical tools in academic writing, enabling authors to express caution, manage interpersonal relationships, and conform to disciplinary conventions. This study examined the use of hedging strategies in the Introduction sections of doctoral d issertations (DDs) in Linguistics (Ling) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) through a cross-disciplinary lens. Using a corpus-based, mixed-method approach, the…
Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works)