Codeswitching as an Index and Construct of Sociopolitical Identity

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-53479-7
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 547 g

Reihe: Brill Studies in Language Contact and the Dynamics of Language

This book presents an empirically based examination of language patterns found among the Israeli Druze community, which is profiled against that of the Arabs in Israel. The results document the emergence of a mixed language previously undescribed and provides a socio-political analysis.

This study intends thus to make a contribution to the debate on "mixed languages", introducing a model that facilitates the analysis of the link bewteen codeswitching and sociopolitical identity. Special attention is paid to the assessment of language and identity issues of Golan Heights Druze and Israeli Druze, taking into exam two major political debates within these communities, regarding the Israeli Nation-state Law and the so-called ‘Syrian–Israeli secret Golan deal’ speculation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kheir, Eve A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Über Autor(innen)

Eve A. Kheir was awarded a doctoral degree in Linguistics in 2020 by the University of Adelaide, Australia. She received the 2020 Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence prize. She is a linguist, author, language teaching specialist, researcher, and a lecturer at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She is the first Druze linguist whose work has received international attention. She developed a unique method of teaching languages to all age groups and levels and published several scholarly and non-scholarly articles and books.