자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Alaslaa, Saeed Ali Al. |
단체저자명 | University of Michigan. Near Eastern Studies. |
서명/저자사항 | A Sociolinguistic Study of Code Choice among Saudis on Twitter. |
발행사항 | [S.l.] : University of Michigan., 2018 |
발행사항 | Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 |
형태사항 | 228 p. |
소장본 주기 | School code: 0127. |
ISBN | 9780438127159 |
일반주기 |
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.
Adviser: Mohammad Alhawary. |
요약 | The present study is an attempt to explore a new dimension of language use: how Arabic is utilized in the social media, Twitter in particular. It attempts to examine codeswitching (CS) in its written form between standard Arabic (SA) and Saudi d |
요약 | 1. What are the functions of using CS on Saudi Twitter? Are these functions different from the functions of CS in face-to-face interactions? 2. Do patterns of CS differ by gender and education? 3. Do patterns of CS differ by topic? |
요약 | The current study adopts the sociolinguistic approach and provides a qualitative descriptive and quantitative analysis of 7350 tweets which were collected between December 2016 and July 2017, from 210 Saudi Twitter accounts diversified in terms |
요약 | The findings revealed that the Saudi Twitter community utilized SA more than the SD. The study revealed that CS to SA is correlated with prestige, importance, sophistication, and seriousness. It revealed that the Saudi Twitter community switched |
요약 | 1. to introduce formulaic expressions 2. to emphasize a point 3. to quote 4. to shift from comic to serious tone 5. to take a pedantic stand. |
요약 | In contrast, the SD or the Low variety is associated with sarcasm, informality, low-prestige, and everyday topics. It revealed that the Saudi Twitter community switched to the SD for the following social motivations: |
요약 | 1. for a specific intended meaning 2. for sarcasm and criticism 3. for quotations 4. for exemplifying and simplification 5. for introducing daily-life sayings 6. for scolding and personal attack or insult 7. for common usage. |
요약 | Regarding the role of topic in CS patterns, the present study provided evidence against Ferguson's prediction (1959) in which he associated code choice with the topic and situation. It revealed that CS occurred in different contexts that varied |
요약 | As for gender, the study found that men utilized SA more than women, and this confirms previous findings of Ibrahim (1986), and Abd-El-Jawad (1987), Badawi (1973), and Haeri (1996a), Schmidt (1974), and Walters (1996) that women with the same le |
요약 | Regarding education, the present study found that the Saudi Twitter users with high and college education used SA more than their counterparts with less than college education. However, the current study should have considered age in addition to |
일반주제명 | Middle Eastern studies. |
언어 | 영어 |
기본자료 저록 | Dissertation Abstracts International79-12A(E). Dissertation Abstract International |
대출바로가기 | http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T15000603 |
인쇄
No. | 등록번호 | 청구기호 | 소장처 | 도서상태 | 반납예정일 | 예약 | 서비스 | 매체정보 |
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1 | WE00025213 | DP 305 | 가야대학교/전자책서버(컴퓨터서버)/ | 대출불가(별치) |