The Origin-Affiliation effect on Dialect Maintenance

Mahmoud Mamdouh Baker Nassar () and Mohammad Shatanawi ()
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Mahmoud Mamdouh Baker Nassar: Doctor, Ministry of Education, Jordan
Mohammad Shatanawi: Supervisor of English Program, Islamic Educational College, Jordan

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2020, vol. 12, issue 1, 392-400

Abstract: This paper aims at finding out if the Syrian refugees' dialect in Irbid is in a process of maintenance or in a process of being transformed or modified. In this paper, the data were collected via a questionnaire, interviews, and recording for some meetings. The study investigates the Syrian dialect use, domain, and the Syrians attitude toward their dialect. The results indicate that the Syrians are in the process of maintaining their dialect.

Keywords: Attitude; community; dialect; maintenance; shift; Syrian (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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