Examines the social functions of attitude dative pronouns in four Arabic dialects Analysing data from a variety of sources including soap operas movies plays talk shows and other audiovisual material this book examines attitude datives pragmatic markers that deal with interpersonal attitudes and relations in Levantine Arabic It examines four types of attitude dative in context to deepen our understanding of the interaction between social dimensions and pragmatic markers Using data from Syrian Lebanese Jordanian and Palestinian dialects it provides a valuable non European perspective on language use Documents the phenomenon of attitude datives in four Levantine Arabic dialectsUtilises data from a variety of sources including soap operas movies plays talk showsExamines four types of attitude datives topic affectee oriented speaker oriented hearer oriented and subject orientedAnalyses the evaluative and relational functions of attitude datives as interpersonal pragmatic markers in their social contexts