Abstract
This study aims to identify and describe the kinds of evaluative expressions in terms of lexicons and parts of speech as well as the style of using these evaluative expressions in spoken Arabic. Also, it aims to describe proxemics, layout, gestures, head movements, gaze, and facial expressions that accompany not only the evaluative expressions but also the spoken interaction in the interview and judging. The selected clip was from Arabs Got Talent to conduct the purpose of this study. This current study is considered as a new contribution to the analysis of language evaluation in spoken Arabic and to the multimodal analysis in studying the gestures that accompany language evaluation in spoken Arabic. The results showed that Arabic speakers used various kinds of evaluative expressions (e.g. adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs), the styles of evaluation (e.g. repetition, using determiners, gradability and etc.), gestures (iconic, metaphoric, and deictic), and facial expressions that indicate to emotions (e.g. happiness and sadness). In addition, the results revealed two kinds of ideology; religious and cultural ideology.
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