عنوان

I speak better Arabic: Arabic native speakers' perception of Arabic dialects

Number

TL49028

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

I speak better Arabic: Arabic native speakers' perception of Arabic dialects

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Burkette, Allison P.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Mississippi

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

94

Text of Note

Committee members: D'Anna, Luca; Schaefer, Vance

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-15490-0

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Modern Languages

Body granting the degree

The University of Mississippi

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

A limited number of studies in the field of perceptual dialectology covered the Arab World. This is a perceptual dialectology study that aims at investigating Arabic native speakers' perception of Arabic dialect areas. This study utilized a questionnaire that is based on Preston's (1999) techniques for investigating perceptual dialectology. This questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first part includes a detailed map of the Arab world and participants are asked to identify as many dialect areas of Arabic as they could. The second part of the questionnaire investigates Arabic native speakers' perception of different Arabic dialects in terms of where they are spoken, how different they are from the dialect they speak, how correct, how pleasant and how close to, or distant from, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) they believe they are. Results of this study give us an idea about Arabic native speakers' perception of different dialect areas of Arabic. However, this study had some limitations that might have affected the results. Future research is highly encouraged to address these limitations which would contribute to a clearer picture of Arabic native speakers' perception of Arabic dialects.

Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Subject Term

Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Arabic dialects;Dialect identification;Dialect mapping;Folklinguistics;Language attitudes;Perceptual dialectology

El Ashmawi, Yvonne P.

Burkette, Allison P.

Subdivision

Modern Languages

The University of Mississippi

Call Number

1841929158; 10160583

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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