Functions of code-switching in Egypt : : evidence from monologues / / by Reem Bassiouney.

• Superior document: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 46
• VerfasserIn: Bassiouney, Reem, 1973-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 260 pages)
• Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2002.

This book reassesses theoretical approaches to diglossia and code-switching in the light of empirical data from Egypt. The work is based on a corpus of monologues that includes political speeches, mosque sermons and university lectures. Part one is a detailed analysis of the systems of negation, deixis, and mood marking in Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, with an emphasis on the occurrence and frequency of composite structures in empirical data. This analysis provides the basis for an extensive reassessment of theoretical approaches to code-switching in part two; this reappraisal in turn leads to a thorough analysis of the function of code switching in the Egyptian speech community, and of the factors which influence code choice, such as role of the speaker, audience, and subject matter.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY OF DIGLOSSIA -- METHODOLOGY -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY OF CONSTRAINTS ON CODE SWITCHING -- NEGATION -- DEMONSTRATIVES -- THE ECA ASPECTUAL PREFIX ‘B-’ -- APPLICATION OF THE ML HYPOTHESIS TO THE VARIABLES -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY OF SOCIAL MOTIVATIONS AND DISCOURSE FUNCTIONS OF CODE SWITCHING -- DATA ANALYSIS: FACTORS GOVERNING CODE CHOICE -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS.