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Pragmatics
Vol. 21:1 (2011) ► pp.41–67

Text vs. Comment

Some examples of the rhetorical value of the Diglossic code-switching in Arabic – a Gumperzian approac

This article deals with the question of the diglossic code-switching in the Arabic spoken language and especially in learned discourses. I aim to explain the rhetorical inherent value in the diglossic code-switching in the Arabic spoken language and I will attempt to show through a series of examples drawn from an Aljazeera episode, how the juxtaposition of standard Arabic and colloquial Arabic can be a vehicle for messages that bear rhetorical / metaphorical values.

Keywords: Arabic language, Code-switching, Spoken Arabic mixed varieties, Diglossia, Argumentation
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Published online: 1 March 2011
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https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.21.1.03ham
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