Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!

Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!

This study investigates written linguistic practices emerging from public debate in Morocco. Although Darija is increasingly used in writing, especially in online platforms, most of its users still stigmatize it. In 2017 the Zakoura Foundation edited the first monolingual dictionary of Darija, a...

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Main Author: Pennisi, Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari 2020-06-01
Series:Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale
Subjects:
Standardization. Written Darija. Conventionalization. Orthographic Norms. Language Ideologies. Moroccan Digital Newspapers.
Online Access:https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2020/56/written-darija-masi-maaqul-tktub-ha-bi-huruf-al-lu/
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spelling doaj-490b626c7f814988bb7447920413643f2021-06-02T10:36:38ZengEdizioni Ca’ FoscariAnnali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale2385-30422020-06-01565610.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2020/56/005journal_article_2985Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!Pennisi, Rosa0Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia; Aix-Marseille University, France This study investigates written linguistic practices emerging from public debate in Morocco. Although Darija is increasingly used in writing, especially in online platforms, most of its users still stigmatize it. In 2017 the Zakoura Foundation edited the first monolingual dictionary of Darija, a fervently debated initiative. So, this analysis aims to show the limits of such codification initiative, and factors which affect language ideology in Morocco. Therefore, a corpus of articles and readers’ comments on the Zakoura Dictionary of two Moroccan digital newspapers, Goud and Hespress, has been analyzed, quantitively and qualitatively, in order to compare the opinions about language and the language varieties in which they were expressed. https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2020/56/written-darija-masi-maaqul-tktub-ha-bi-huruf-al-lu/Standardization. Written Darija. Conventionalization. Orthographic Norms. Language Ideologies. Moroccan Digital Newspapers.
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Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!
Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale
Standardization. Written Darija. Conventionalization. Orthographic Norms. Language Ideologies. Moroccan Digital Newspapers.
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title Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!
title_short Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!
title_full Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!
title_fullStr Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!
title_full_unstemmed Written Dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” It Is not Logical to Write It with the Arabic Letters!
title_sort written dārija: “māšī mə‘qūl tǝktəb-ha bi-ḥurūf al-luġa al-‘arabiyya!” it is not logical to write it with the arabic letters!
publisher Edizioni Ca’ Foscari
series Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale
issn 2385-3042
publishDate 2020-06-01
description This study investigates written linguistic practices emerging from public debate in Morocco. Although Darija is increasingly used in writing, especially in online platforms, most of its users still stigmatize it. In 2017 the Zakoura Foundation edited the first monolingual dictionary of Darija, a fervently debated initiative. So, this analysis aims to show the limits of such codification initiative, and factors which affect language ideology in Morocco. Therefore, a corpus of articles and readers’ comments on the Zakoura Dictionary of two Moroccan digital newspapers, Goud and Hespress, has been analyzed, quantitively and qualitatively, in order to compare the opinions about language and the language varieties in which they were expressed.
topic Standardization. Written Darija. Conventionalization. Orthographic Norms. Language Ideologies. Moroccan Digital Newspapers.
url https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2020/56/written-darija-masi-maaqul-tktub-ha-bi-huruf-al-lu/
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