Current Perspectives on Codeswitching
Edited by Emma Vanden Wyngaerd, Renata Enghels, Mena B. Lafkioui and Marie Steffens
[Belgian Journal of Linguistics, 35] 2021. v, 213 pp.
Mena B. Lafkioui
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mena B. Lafkioui plays a role.
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Subjects Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2021 Codeswitching and artistic performance among multilingual minorities in Flanders Current Perspectives on Codeswitching, Vanden Wyngaerd, Emma, Renata Enghels, Mena B. Lafkioui and Marie Steffens (eds.), pp. 34–50 | Article
Viewed from an interactional sociolinguistic perspective, this research addresses multilingual codeswitching practices of youngsters with North African roots from the super-diverse Flemish city of Ghent. Particular attention is paid here to their artistic – mainly interethnic – performances, as… read more
2021 Innovating postverbal negation in North Africa Postverbal negation, Krasnoukhova, Olga, Johan van der Auwera and Mily Crevels (eds.), pp. 651–683 | Article
The present study investigates the grammatical origin of the postverbal negator ḇu in Rif Berber (Afroasiatic, Berber; North, Northeast, and Northwest Morocco) and in Moroccan Arabic of Oujda (Afroasiatic, Semitic; Northeast Morocco), the only languages in which it is commonly attested up till… read more
2021 Introduction: Current perspectives on codeswitching Current Perspectives on Codeswitching, Vanden Wyngaerd, Emma, Renata Enghels, Mena B. Lafkioui and Marie Steffens (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Introduction
2018 The imperfective in Berber: Evidence of innovated forms and functions Afroasiatic: Data and perspectives, Tosco, Mauro (ed.), pp. 85–103 | Chapter
This article analyzes the morphological oppositions and semantic distinctions that originate from transformation processes regarding the imperfective in Berber. The synchronic and diachronic phenomena studied in this contribution offer examples of how language is continually modulated through… read more