CORRECTION: Congratulation Strategies Employed by Jordanians in an Academic Setting: A Socio-Pragmatic Study

Authors

  • Mouad Mohammed Al-Natour

    Department of English Language and Literature, Jerash University, Jerash 26150, Jordan
  • Alaeddin BaniKlaef

    English Language, Literature, and Translation Department, Faculty of Arts, Jadara University, Irbid 21110, Jordan
  • Zakaryia Almahasees

    Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan
  • Areej Mohammad Mahmoud Al-Hawamdeh

    Department of English Language and Literature, Jerash University, Jerash 26150, Jordan
  • Khaleel B. Al-Bataineh

    Department of English Language, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, University of Petra, Amman 11196, Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i12.12819

Abstract

Correction

This notice confirms that the originally published version of this article contained omissions of essential foundational citations.
The following Correction supersedes sections of the originally published article as there were some initial discrepancies.  Readers should refer to the Supplementary Appendix for the updated content.
The authors apologize for this oversight. This correction does not affect the results, discussion, or conclusions of the article.

DOI of original article: https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i1.7361

Correction Date: 26 November 2025

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Al-Natour, M. M., BaniKlaef, A., Almahasees, Z., Al-Hawamdeh, A. M. M., & Al-Bataineh, K. B. (2025). CORRECTION: Congratulation Strategies Employed by Jordanians in an Academic Setting: A Socio-Pragmatic Study. Forum for Linguistic Studies, 7(12), 1621–1634. https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i12.12819

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