Remarks on Diglossia in Arabic: Well-Defined vs. Ill-Defined

Kaye, Alan S.

doi:10.1515/ling.1972.10.81.32

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“…He further suggests that there are "also local or regional varieties which act as local spoken standards competing with MSA in informal settings" (p. 359). Kaye (1972) also argues that Ferguson's work is much too simplified to be applied to Arabic. (2011) The variant [ʔ] is not "intrinsically 'softer' or 'feminine'" (Al-Wer & Herin, 2011, p. 71), when compared to other variants of [q], but the fact that it is used more by women has led to this classification, which makes many male speakers feel prohibited from using it.…”

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The Resurfacing of Arabic Qaf [q] in the Speech of Young Ammani Females: A Sociolinguistic Study

Al-Hawamdeh¹,

Hamdan²

2017

AWEJ

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The main objective of this study is to explore the factors that affect the absence of the glottal stop [ʔ] and as a result, the resurfacing of the standard Arabic Qaf variable [q], in certain lexical items of young Ammani females who associate themselves with the Jordanian Arabic madani ('urban') dialect of which [ʔ] is a predominant feature. In particular, the study explores why this absence occurs from the perspectives of the speakers themselves in relation to their own language choices. Empirical data are collected through the use of a closed questionnaire and a focus group discussion. The findings reveal that one of the major factors for the resurfacing of [q] is related to the influence of family dialect and social networks and not because the target words are of a religious or formal origin, as once they might have been attested in the speech of older generations.

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Section: Historical Overviewmentioning

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The Resurfacing of Arabic Qaf [q] in the Speech of Young Ammani Females: A Sociolinguistic Study

Al-Hawamdeh¹,

Hamdan²

2017

AWEJ

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“…Based on this parallelism, MSA is considered a "full-fledged," "real", and "living" language, not just a written language, in the communities where it is used. Although it may not have native speakers, it has, according to the author, native users, which leads Parkinson to reject Kaye's (1972) analysis of MSA as "ill-defined" and to suggest introducing Brought to you by | University of Arizona Authenticated Download Date | 6/8/15 4:33 PM the notion "language-use community" into the study of Arabic in general and MSA in particular. Finally, Adel Tweissi shows that the language simplification processes characterizing foreigner talk (FT) in Arabic are comparable to those characterizing FT in other languages.…”

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1992

Ling

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group is an ambiguous one" (preface). Adopting a discourse-analysis approach, this book aims to uncover the tacit assumptions behind particular language use by and to the elderly. Talk/ interaction is the medium by which self-images are formed and maintained, misunderstandings solved or aggravated, and stereotypes formulated and reinforced, and the authors draw our attention to how the language we use to and about the elderly serves to marginalize them more than they already are. Through a close look at language used in interactions with the elderly, the authors effectively "unpackage" some of these issues -how intergenerational misunderstandings arise out of UNDER-or OVER-"accommodation," how negative stereotypes of aging are perpetuated through cultural signs (including the language we use when talking about the elderly), and how societal views of aging are absorbed and articulated by the elderly.Two issues seem to be central to the book: "the management of elderly identity" and "intergenerational relations" (p. 21). Toward exploring both these issues the authors examine several subissues: how age identity is formulated and revealed through interactions with young people (in chapters 3 and 6); how intergenerational misunderstandings arise (chapters 2 and 7), and how disclosures about oneself are revealed in interactions with peers and young people (chapters 4 and 5). A central strand woven into the concerns of each chapter is their theory of accommodation, which they lay out in chapter 2.They develop their "communication accommodation theory" (CAT)

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“…Kaye 1972), and at least two persons (theoretically) are needed (i.e., two speaker/hearers); however, many more are always involved. Creolization, on the other hand, is a rapid process, contrary to what one often reads in the textbooks (e.g., Finegan and Besnier 1989: 314).…”

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“…To cite a parallel to one's being fluent in a pidgin, if I say I can speak French, I must be fluent in it, although I may not perform as a native speaker (i.e., I may have an accent and may make grammatical errors now and then, and so forth). Exactly how many errors is ill-defined (see Kaye 1972). I realize that not everyone would agree with this definition of fluency, and the matter of being competent in a foreign language can also be the subject of some controversy.…”

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