3arabizi - When Local Arabic Meets Global English

3arabizi - When Local Arabic Meets Global English

Arabic is the official language of Jordan. Yet, English is a language of prestige among many upwardly mobile Jordanians. Sakarna (2006) dubs a hybrid language comprised of a mixture of these two languages “Englo-Arabic”. In online contexts, a similar hybrid language has emerged. Often popularly labe...

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Main Author: BIANCHI, Robert Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2012-05-01
Series:Acta Linguistica Asiatica
Subjects:
Arabic
English
script
CMC
globalization
Online Access:http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/ala/article/view/69/62

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