Identity, ideology, and attitude in Syrian rural child and adolescent speech

Habib, Rania

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“…The gendered linguistic differences are sometimes attributed to associating certain variants with masculinity and femininity (e.g., Habib, 2016a). Sometimes, they are attributed to strong connections with local identity (e.g., Habib, 2016bHabib, , 2017b or heritage, as in the case of Jordanian men who maintain their use of the traditional [g] variant of the variable (q) despite the higher use of the incoming Palestinian urban variant [ʔ] by Jordanian women (Al-Wer, 2007).…”

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“…The 72 participants consist of 22 adults (11 married couples ages 29-57) and 50 children (25 males and 25 females) who are divided almost equally into four age groups (6-8, 9-11, 12-14, and 15-18), based on different developmental and school stages in their lives, with an almost equal number from each gender in each age group. The analysis utilizes numerous variationist quantitative and qualitative methods that were applied to the various variables explored in this paper (for more details on data collection and statistical methods, see Habib, 2014Habib, , 2016aHabib, , 2016bHabib, , 2017aHabib, , 2017b. Our main concern in this paper is to compare and contrast the gendered linguistic differences observed in these various studies to show that inconsistencies and multidirectional gendered linguistic behavior may exist within the same tight-knit speech community depending on the type of variable, indexicality and/or functionality of variable, the age of the children, and/or belonging to the older or younger generations.…”

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“…The five phonological variables (q), (o), (o:), (e), and (e:) exhibit competing linguistic changes (Habib 2014(Habib , 2016a(Habib , 2016b. While there are diffusing changes in progress towards the urban variants [ʔ], [a], [a:], [a], [a:] respectively, local identity and masculinity play significant roles in reversing these changes among boys in the village towards much higher use of the rural variants…”

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“…The presence of generational and gender differences signals a change in progress towards the urban form [ʔ] (Habib, 2016a(Habib, , 2016b(Habib, , 2017b. This change is led by the majority non-local women and advanced by girls.…”

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“…The variable gendered pattern in the community is acquired later, but it is not acquired faithfully as their frequencies differ from that of their parents or caregivers (Habib, 2017b). After age eight, they start realizing and accepting the gendered linguistic differences in their community, the social meanings associated with each form, and the importance of certain forms for projecting gendered and spatial identities (Habib, 2016b). This realization leads to more rural forms by boys and retention of girls' urban forms.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Evidence of Variable Gender Role in Defining Language Change Leadership in Syrian Arabic

Habib¹

2022

IJAES

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This study aims to present evidence of gender variability among leaders of language change across different sociolinguistic variables, five phonological variables (a consonant and four vowels) and a discourse variable in Syrian Arabic, within the same speech community. Employing a sociolinguistic variationist approach and comparing children to adults yielded different gendered linguistic behavior. Children show the same dramatic gendered linguistic difference as adults regarding the variable (q), with males using much more rural [q] than urban [ʔ] than females. Regarding the vowel variables, children dramatize their gendered linguistic difference much more than adults; boys show much higher use of the rural vowels than girls compared to the difference between men and women. This pattern is reversed in the discourse variable (yaʕni) ‘that is/I mean’; the gendered linguistic difference is more dramatic among adults than it is among children, and gender effect diminishes in the linguistic distribution of the variable. This multidirectionality in gender effects bears implications for sociolinguistic variationist research. Variables indexed to urban refinement/prestige and social meanings such as femininity/masculinity are more likely to be led by females than males. Conversely, variables that lack these types of social/gender identification indexicality, regardless of whether they are phonological or discursive, do not follow the same pattern of leadership.

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Section: Phonological Variables: (Q) (O) (O:) (E) and (E:)mentioning

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Evidence of Variable Gender Role in Defining Language Change Leadership in Syrian Arabic

Habib¹

2022

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The voice of Polan[t]

Daleszynska-Slater

Meyerhoff

2020

Sociolinguistic Studies

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We use the methods of variationist sociolinguistics to explore the acquisition of variable deletion of the final stop in /-Cd/ and /-Ct/ clusters in English. Our speakers are Polish teenagers who migrated to Edinburgh (UK). We compare the frequency of (t,d) deletion in Edinburgh- and Polish-born teens, and compare the constraints on variable (t,d) deletion. We find evidence that the Poles’ acquisition of (t,d) deletion is shaped by phonetic universals. We also consider the impact of L1 transfer – specifically final stop devoicing in Polish – on the acquisition of English (t,d) deletion and find that largely (t,d) deletion is acquired independently of Polish devoicing. The exception may be learners who have been learning English for a very short time, or who are less confident in their target language skills.

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Syrian Arabic negators' structural and social variation: Evidence from a supralocal-negation variety

Habib

2023

Journal of Arabic Sociolinguistics

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This study empirically investigates the structural and social variation of five negators, maa ‘not’, muu ‘not’, laʔ ‘no’, laa ‘no/imperative not’, and wa-laa ‘(and) no/not/imperative not’, in the naturally occurring Syrian Arabic speech of 72 speakers. It quantitatively analyzes the frequency of all possible grammatical/pragmatic functions and/or following structural contexts for each negator; whether certain negators favor certain functions/contexts; and whether generational, sex, and/or age differences exist. The findings show correlation between certain negators and certain functions/contexts. The most frequent negator, maa, occurs most frequently in four contexts, yet shows encroachment on muu’s contexts. The differences in laʔ’s, laa’s, and wa-laa’s functions/contexts, despite some similarities, and ability to operate independently support treating them separately. Sex, age, and/or generational differences emerged as statistically significant regarding the use of some negators. The generational differences of children using more laʔ and adults more laa reflect societal norms that disfavor children giving commands or sounding authoritative yet allow emphatic/assertive negation with the more forcefully sounding laaʔ. The findings have implications for teachers and learners of Arabic regarding implementing these negators in real-life interactions. They also show that negators may have unexpected meanings and functions and may occur favorably in contexts where they are unexpected.

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Identity, ideology, and attitude in Syrian rural child and adolescent speech

Cited by 7 publications

References 36 publications

Evidence of Variable Gender Role in Defining Language Change Leadership in Syrian Arabic

Evidence of Variable Gender Role in Defining Language Change Leadership in Syrian Arabic

The voice of Polan[t]

Syrian Arabic negators' structural and social variation: Evidence from a supralocal-negation variety

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