Language and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa

Al‐Wer, Enam

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“…SA is the standard variety in Arab countries, but there exist prestigious varieties like ECA in Egypt, Damascus Arabic in Syria, etc. Further, even if Arabs' attitudes are very supportive of SA, they generally avoid using SA in speaking (Al-Wer, 2014) and mostly use CA in personal written correspondence, whether they live in Arab countries (Belnap & Bishop, 2003) or abroad (Belnap, 1998). Compared to Belnap's study (1998) and Belnap and Bishop's study (2003), Meiseles (1979) concluded that informal Egyptian, Syrian, and Palestinian written Arabic was mainly in SA.…”

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Subtitling against the current: Egyptians’ perceptions of English sitcoms subtitled in Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic

Sadiq

2024

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This study examined Egyptians’ attitudes towards subtitling English sitcoms in Standard Arabic (SA) and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA), using a scene from the American sitcom Friends as a case study. It aimed to investigate the changing perceptions of subtitling in dialect, identify the driving forces, and assess the leading agents behind this change. The study utilized quantitative data from two online questionnaires completed by 261 participants classified by gender, age, and educational level, and qualitative data derived from their comments. The questionnaires were designed to evaluate participant preferences and specific aspects such as humor, readability and closeness to Egyptian culture. The results show that the ECA subtitle is rated as more humorous and closer to Egyptian culture, although perceived as less readable compared to the SA subtitle. They also reveal that younger participants, particularly females, show a greater preference for the ECA subtitle. Males across all educational levels tend to prefer the SA subtitle, while females with lower educational levels exhibit the highest preference for the ECA subtitle. The study highlights the increasing significance of colloquial dialects in shaping cultural representations as well as the influence of factors such as age, gender, and education on subtitling preferences. Furthermore, the study considers the implications of these results for subtitling practices and policies in Egypt and similar diglossic environments.

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2024

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“…C'est d'abord à travers des études dialectologiques corrélées à des fins variationnistes que la variable sexe/genre a été prise en compte, aussi bien au Maroc que dans le monde arabe(Miller & Caubet 2010 ;Vicente 2009aVicente , 2009bAl-Wer 2014 ;Boucherit & Lentin 1989). La dimension phonologique est largement étudiée comme pouvant amener un changement linguistique.…”

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On Pragmatics of Circumstantial Clauses in Egyptian Proverbs

Savvateeva¹

2019

Studies on Arabic Dialectology and Sociolinguistics

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Language and Gender

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Hiramoto

2020

The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology

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The field of language and gender is methodologically diverse, encompassing approaches that include conversation analysis, corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, discursive psychology, linguistic anthropology, and variationist sociolinguistics. Within this diversity, ethnography has long been a key method for interrogating the social semiotic complexities of gender, securing the field's close partnership with linguistic anthropology. This historical review outlines the prominent role played by linguistic anthropology in the theorization of gender by highlighting its enduring methodological and conceptual contributions, while also outlining the ways that interdisciplinary scholarship in language and gender has shaped the course of linguistic anthropology.

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Language and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa

Cited by 76 publications

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Subtitling against the current: Egyptians’ perceptions of English sitcoms subtitled in Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic

Subtitling against the current: Egyptians’ perceptions of English sitcoms subtitled in Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic

On Pragmatics of Circumstantial Clauses in Egyptian Proverbs

Language and Gender

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