This book explores speakersʹ intentions, and the structural and pragmatic resources they employ, in spoken Arabic -- which is different in many essential respects from literary Arabic. Based on new empirical findings from across the Arabic world this book elucidates the many way…
This book explores speakersʹ intentions, and the structural and pragmatic resources they employ, in spoken Arabic -- which is different in many essential respects from literary Arabic. Based on new empirical findings from across the Arabic world this book elucidates the many way…
Code-switching - the alternating use of several languages by bilingual speakers - does not usually indicate lack of competence on the part of the speaker in any of the languages concerned, but results from complex bilingual skills. The reasons why people switch their codes are a…