{"title":"CODE-MIXING TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN JORDANIAN ARABIC","authors":"Natalia V Anyushina, Omar H Azaymeh","doi":"10.1344/dialectologia2021.27.10","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The present study aims to explore the code-mixing to English language as a means of communication in Jordanian Arabic. The data of the study were collected by personal observation of the researcher. The study findings show that Jordanians shift to English language is not restricted to a certain social class in Jordan. The study also reveals that the code-switching to English in Jordan has many reasons. The study covered a period from January 2019 to August 2019. The data were elicited by the researcher via his personal observation of programs broadcasted in Jordanian TV and radio station, through his speech and gatherings with his students, colleagues, friends and people around him in general. The study focuses on code-mixing to English language for communication in Jordanian Arabic in three domains: education, mass media and politeness, besides investigating the factors for code-mixing in Jordan.","PeriodicalId":42481,"journal":{"name":"Dialectologia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Dialectologia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1344/dialectologia2021.27.10","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The present study aims to explore the code-mixing to English language as a means of communication in Jordanian Arabic. The data of the study were collected by personal observation of the researcher. The study findings show that Jordanians shift to English language is not restricted to a certain social class in Jordan. The study also reveals that the code-switching to English in Jordan has many reasons. The study covered a period from January 2019 to August 2019. The data were elicited by the researcher via his personal observation of programs broadcasted in Jordanian TV and radio station, through his speech and gatherings with his students, colleagues, friends and people around him in general. The study focuses on code-mixing to English language for communication in Jordanian Arabic in three domains: education, mass media and politeness, besides investigating the factors for code-mixing in Jordan.
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The aim of the journal DIALECTOLOGIA is to join the experiences of researchers working in different fields of Dialectology (linguistic variation, geolinguistics, methodology, synchronic and diachronic dialectal data, new technologies, social dialectology, etc). -It is a double-blind external peer-reviewed journal, published twice yearly, that complies with the norms of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). -Each issue features 4/6 previously unpublished articles on original topics relating to linguistic variation. -It includes also book reviews and news about congresses, meetings and recent publications. -Original papers will be evaluated within a period of three months. -The journal does not charge fees to authors either for processing (APC) or for the publication of articles. -The author will remain owner of the intellectual property of the works, however access to them is totally open and free, so they can be reproduced in whole or in part with the only limitation of recognizing the authorship and the source of publication ("Dialectologia. Revista electrònica"), provided that such exploitation is not of a commercial nature.