E-Book, Englisch, Band VI:8, 147 Seiten
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond
Suleiman Jordanian Arabic between Diglossia and Bilingualism
Erscheinungsjahr 1985
ISBN: 978-90-272-7956-9
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Linguistic analysis
E-Book, Englisch, Band VI:8, 147 Seiten
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond
ISBN: 978-90-272-7956-9
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Suleiman provides a linguistic analysis of Jordanian Arabic spoken by educated groups and in particular by students at Yarmouk University. He investigates the extent to which spoken Jordanian Arabic is affected by the classical-colloquial dichotomy (i.e. the extent to which diglossia is involved). In addition, the influence of language contact between English and Arabic is studied (with reference to code-switching, interference and integration) by comparing the linguistic repertoire of Yarmouk students (where English is often used as a medium of instruction) with that of students at other Arab universities (where the medium of instruction is basically Arabic).