Language and cultural shift among the Kurds of Jordan : a sociolinguistic study

العناوين الأخرى

التحول اللغوي و الثقافي لدى أكراد الأردن : دراسة لغوية اجتماعية

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

al-Kurdi, Lina Adnan

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Duwayk, Badr Said

أعضاء اللجنة

al-Abbas, Sulayman Awwad
al-Zayid, Nurma Nawwaf

الجامعة

جامعة الشرق الأوسط

الكلية

كلية الآداب و العلوم

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الإنجليزية

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2015

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study aimed at exploring the Kurd's proficiency in Kurdish and Arabic languages.

It also aimed at identifying the Kurdish cultural aspects that the Kurds have maintained or lost.

It also explored the Kurds’ attitudes towards Kurdish and Arabic, and investigated the factors that led to losing the Kurdish language in Jordan.

The researcher used pilot interviews to obtain social, historical, linguistic and other data about the Kurds.

A fivepart sociolinguistic questionnaire was also used to achieve the aforementioned goals.

She selected a sample that consisted of 60 members from the Kurdish community in Amman who represent three different generations.

Results concluded that the Kurds of Jordan have shifted from Kurdish to Arabic.

Additionally, they are mostly proficient in Arabic language whereas the Kurdish language seems to be neglected since the participants revealed their weak proficiency in the Kurdish language.

Furthermore, results indicated that although the Kurds of Jordan have preserved some of their cultural aspects such as costumes and festivals, they shifted to the Arabic culture in general.

They also showed that the Kurds expressed positive attitudes towards Arabic language considering it the most useful language to get a job and receive education.

It is also the language that unites them with fellow Jordanians and the best to express their ideas and feelings.

Finally, results revealed that many socio-cultural factors have led to the loss of the Kurdish language, such as; (1) family and home which played an important role in losing the language, (2) lack of Kurdish private schools that offer classes in the Kurdish language, (3) external marriages with Jordanians that helped them to assimilate in the Jordanian society, (4) being a Jordanian of a Kurdish origin demands to learn Arabic as an official language, (5) their occupations don’t need Kurdish language, (6) grandparents don’t speak the Kurdish language, (7) lack of concern in the Kurdish language and (8) weak ties among the Kurdish community in Jordan.

التخصصات الرئيسية

اللغات والآداب المقارنة

عدد الصفحات

88

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-692047