The Proverbial Questioning Expressions in Jordanian Spoken Arabic

Proverbs are an important element in society that reflects its culture, styles of thinking, and methods of dealing with life variables. The proverb is an important source for providing the language with many formulas and words where linguistic forms and social functions of them vary in order to serve the human being and to give him the ability to deal with things in an expressive linguistic style. The Jordanian society, like other societies, is characterized by the presence of different types of proverbs that people use in their daily lives, including the proverbial questioning expressions that the present research aims to investigate. The study data were collected from several sources and were subjected to in-depth analysis in order to clarify the linguistic components and social functions of these expressions where the findings showed the multiplicity and diversity.