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Publication details [#57964]

Nashef, Hania A.M. 2013. Hello and bonjour: a postcolonial analysis of Arab media's use of code switching and mixing and its ramification on the identity of the self in the Arab world. The International Journal of Multilingualism 10 (3) : 313–330.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | identity negotiation | language use | mass media | multilingualism

Language as a subject

Arabic | English | French

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper addresses the role of Arab media' code switching and mixing use and its impact on Arab identity formation, drawing on postcolonial theory to historically position the code switching behavior.