Functions of Code Switching in Egypt: Evidence from Monologues

by Reem Bassiouney

This book reassesses theoretical approaches to diglossia and code-switching in the light of empirical data from Egypt. The work is based on a corpus of monologues that includes political speeches, mosque sermons and university lectures.
Part one is a detailed analysis of the systems of negation, deixis, and mood marking in Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, with an emphasis on the occurrence and frequency of composite structures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004147608
• ISBN13: 9789004147607
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.6"