Overview

Identity and Dialect Performance discusses the relationship between identity and dialects. It starts from the assumption that the use of dialect is not just a product of social and demographic factors, but can also be an intentional performance of identity. Dialect performance is related to identity construction and in a highly globalised world, the linguistic repertoire has increased rapidly, thereby changing our conventional assumptions about dialects and their usage. The key outstanding feature of this particular book is that it spans an extensive range of communities and dialects; Italy, Hong Kong, Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Japan, Germany, The Sudan, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Spain, US, UK, French Guiana, Colombia,and Libya.

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Author:   Reem Bassiouney
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.602kg
ISBN:  

9781138241787

ISBN 10:   1138241784
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   08 November 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction I. Dialects in Localised Delocalised Contexts 1. Nonstandard dialect and identity John Edwards (St. Francis Xavier University) 2. The elusive dialect border Dick Smakman & Marten van der Meulen (Universiteit Leiden) 3. Dialect performances in super diverse communities: the case for ethnographic approaches to language variation Anna De Fina (Georgetown University) II. Nation-States and Identity Construction in Relation to a Standard and a Dialect 4. The construction of linguistic borders and the rise of national identity in South Sudan: some insights into Juba Arabic (árabi júba) Stefano Manfredi (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, SeDyL-CELIA) 5. From language to dialect and back: the case of Piedmontese Mauro Tosco (Università degli Studi di Torino) 6. Darija and the construction of ""Moroccanness"" Dominique Caubet (INALCO, Paris, and Centre Jacques Berque, CNRS – MAE, Rabat) 7. ‘Sloppy speech is like sloppy dress’: folk attitudes towards non-standard British English Carmen Ebner (Universiteit Leiden) III. Contact, Variation, Performance and Metalinguistic Discourse 8. From varieties in contact to the selection of linguistic features in multilingual settings Isabelle Leglise & Santiago Sanchez Moreano (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, SeDyL-CELIA) 9. ‘You live in the United States, you speak English’, decían las maestras: how New Mexican Spanish speakers enact, ascribe and reject ethnic identities Katherine O’Donnell Christoffersen & Naomi Shin (University of New Mexico) 10. The social meanings of Wolof and French: contact dialects, language ideology, and competing modernities in Senegal Fiona Mc Laughlin 11. The social value of variation in Tétouan and Ghomara (Northwestern Morocco) Angeles Vicente & Amina Naciri-Azzouz (Universidad de Zaragoza) 12. New presentations of self in everyday life: Linguistic transgressions in England, Germany and Japan Patrick Heinrich (Università Ca' Foscari) 13. Language and identity in Siwa Oasis: Indexing belonging, localness and authenticity in a small minority community Valentina Serreli IV. The Media, Dialect Performance and Language Variation 14. Youtube Yinzers: Stancetaking and the performance of Pittsburghese Scott F. Kielsing (University of Pittsburgh) 15. Performing Scottish identity on Screen: Language, Identity, and Humour in Scottish Television Comedy Natalie Braber (Nottingham Trent University) 16. Identity, Repertoire, and Performance: The Case of an Egyptian Poet Reem Bassiouney (The American University in Cairo) 17. Ruination and amusement – dialect, youth and revolution in Naija Anne Storch (Universität zu Köln) 18. Dialectal variation and identity in post-revolutionary Libyan media: The case of Dragunov (2014) Luca D’Anna (University of Mississippi) 19. The effect of TV and internal versus external contact on variation in Syrian rural child language Rania Habib (Syracuse University) Index"

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'This book offers a unique overview of identity and dialect performances across a variety of rather unexplored geopolitical contexts. Throughout the book, we are taken on a journey in which we witness the multi-faceted life of language, normative constraints as well as forms of resistance. A must read for everyone interested in the ways in which social meanings are linguistically negotiated. Dialectology at its best!'ã Tommaso Milani, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 'The scholarship is outstanding [...] There is a growing awareness of the vital role language in general and dialects play as an effective social and political tool in constructing and defining individual and communal identity [...] The editor has successfully chosen the right approach and methodology to an issue that is becoming a global burning issue especially now we are dealing with emerging identities that emphasise in a particular way their adherence to their native languages.' Dr Amal Marogy, University of Cambridge, UK

`This book offers a unique overview of identity and dialect performances across a variety of rather unexplored geopolitical contexts. Throughout the book, we are taken on a journey in which we witness the multi-faceted life of language, normative constraints as well as forms of resistance. A must read for everyone interested in the ways in which social meanings are linguistically negotiated. Dialectology at its best!'ã Tommaso Milani, University of Gothenburg, Sweden `The scholarship is outstanding [...] There is a growing awareness of the vital role language in general and dialects play as an effective social and political tool in constructing and defining individual and communal identity [...] The editor has successfully chosen the right approach and methodology to an issue that is becoming a global burning issue especially now we are dealing with emerging identities that emphasise in a particular way their adherence to their native languages.' Dr Amal Marogy, University of Cambridge, UK

Author Information

Reem Bassiouney is Professor of Linguistics at The American University of Cairo. Her recent book publications include Functions of Code-Switching in Egypt (2006), Arabic Sociolinguistics (2008), Arabic and the Media (2010, editor), Arabic language and Linguistics (2012, co-editor), Language and Identity in Modern Egypt (2014), and The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics (forthcoming, co-editor).

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