Ola Musmar

Biographic Data

ID826488
NAMEOla Musmar
GIVEN NAMESOla
FAMILY NAMEMusmar
SIGNATUREMUSMAR O
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Jordan
ORCID0000-0001-9217-7791
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Facework Interpretation as Pragmatic Competence: Evaluating the Pragmatic Functions of "May God Grant You Health" in Jordanian Arabic

    Open AccessRania Za’rour, Ola Musmar et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    This study examines the impact of face orientation and face threat levels on the acceptability of the religious expression /ʔallah jaʕtiːk ilʕaːfjɪə/ in Spoken Jordanian Arabic. This research is grounded in politeness theory and contemporary face management frameworks. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study first identifies the main pragmatic functions of the religious marker. Next, it examines how native speakers interpret face-related factor…

  • Analyzing the Pragmatic Functions of the Religious Expression /ʔallaːh yaʕtiːk ʔilʕaːfje/(May God grant you health) in Spoken Jordanian Arabic

    Open AccessOla Musmar, Rania Za’rour et al.ARTICLEOpen Cultural Studies2025

    This study advances the methodological analysis of religious expression in Arabic by introducing a mixed methods framework for investigating the pragmatic functions of the phrase /ʔallaːh yaʕtiːk ʔilʕaːfje/(“may God grant you good health”) in Jordanian Spoken Arabic. By integrating both parametric and non-parametric statistical analyses, the research identifies and ranks the pragmatic functions of this religious marker across the sample and compa…

  • Mobilizing Faith: Religious inscriptions, vernacular identity, and urban belonging in Jordan

    Marwan Jarrah, Ola Musmar et al.ARTICLESocial Identities2025Cited by: 1References: 32

    This study investigates the use of religious inscriptions displayed on cars in Jordan as a visual-linguistic practice that indexes Islamic identity in public space. Drawing on Social Identity Theory and material semiotics, the research analyses 126 religious inscriptions documented over four months, supplemented by semi-structured interviews with 50 vehicle owners/drivers. The findings reveal that these inscriptions serve multiple functions: apot…

  • Head metonymies and metaphors in Jordanian and Tunisian Arabic: An extended conceptual metaphor theory perspective

    Open AccessAseel Zibin, Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh et al.ARTICLELanguage and Cognition2024

    This study aims to explore the target concepts of metonymical and metaphorical uses of ‘head’ in Jordanian Arabic (JA) compared to those used in Tunisian Arabic (TA). Extended conceptual metaphor theory (ECMT) as envisaged by Kövecses (2020, Review of Cognitive Linguistics , 18 , 112–-130) is adopted as the theoretical framework. Data analysis reveals that through metonymic metaphors, the head in JA is used to profile character traits , mental fa…

  • The effect of the workplace on women’s language: A view from Jordan

    Open AccessOla Musmar, Sharif Alghazo et al.ARTICLECogent Arts and Humanities2023

    This study explores the effect of the workplace on language use by Jordanian working women in terms of variety, lexis, and pronunciation. To this end, the study adopted a triangulation of research methods utilising qualitative and quantitative analyses, i.e. a questionnaire, ethnographic field notes, and interviews. Ethnographic field notes were taken for Jordanian working women in two different settings over three weeks. The questionnaire was di…