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Language Variation in Western Amman
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Author (aut): Fadda, Haya E.
Degree committee member (dgc): Abdel-Jawad, Hassan
Degree committee member (dgc): Jeffery, Dave
Thesis advisor (ths): Allison, Sean
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Degree granting institution (dgg): Trinity Western University. SGS
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The present study investigates two forms of language variation in Ammani Arabic: Qaf variation
and Arabic-English code-switching. After discussing the formation of the dialect of Amman and
identifying the input dialects, I address the following questions related to the first form of
language variation- Qaf variation: (a) whether a change from the traditional Jordanian [g] to the
urban Palestinian [ʔ] is taking place in the city and is on its way to completion in the speech of
both genders; (b) what the uses of [q] are and (c) why there is an increase in its use as a variable.
As for the second form of language variation- code-switching, I investigate the functions of
code-switching in the speech of millennials in Amman and their frequencies based on gender. |
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Language variation
Code-switching
Amman
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