Hey hi hello! In this week’s episode, our first guest of the season, Vicky, taps in and talks to us about the cool and thought-provoking language usage and code-switching present in our (and other regional) podcast(s). Vicky is majoring in English Literature and minoring in History and Psychology. She also serves as Editor in Chief of Afkar: The Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies. Enjoy because we sure as hell did!
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Podcasts referenced:
Mrs. Loulwa Kaloyeros' podcast: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/9XvNkFbWNYEKi7pY9
Dr. Sandrine Attalah's podcast : https://hakawati.fm/channels/channel_page/41
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Relevant Academic References:
Alatawi, E. (2015). Structural, socio-pragmatic, and psycholinguistic analysis of codeswitching in arabic TV programs (thesis), ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. 9781339318301
Albirini, A. (2011). The sociolinguistic functions of codeswitching between standard arabic and dialectal arabic. Language in Society, 40(5), 537-562. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404511000674
Edwards, M., & Dewaele, J. (2007). Trilingual conversations: A window into multicompetence. The International Journal of Bilingualism : Cross-Disciplinary, Cross-Linguistic Studies of Language Behavior, 11(2), 221-242. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069070110020401
Nashef, H. A. M. (2013). A , hello and bonjour: A postcolonial analysis of arab media's use of code switching and mixing and its ramification on the identity of the self in the arab world. International Journal of Multilingualism, 10(3), 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2013.783582