The language situation among the Assyrians of Jordan : a sociolinguistic study

العناوين الأخرى

الوضع اللغوي لدى السريان الأردنيين : دراسة لغوية اجتماعية

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

al-Rifai, Tariq Jamal

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Duwayk, Badr Said

أعضاء اللجنة

Abu Shihab, Ibrahim Muhammad
Husayn, Riyad Fayiz Isa

الجامعة

جامعة الشرق الأوسط

الكلية

كلية الآداب و العلوم

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الإنجليزية

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2013

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study aimed at investigating the language situation among the Assyrians of Jordan.

The study attempted to explore the domains of use of Syriac and Arabic.

It also probed the attitudes of the Assyrians of Jordan towards both languages and it investigated the factors that supported the use of Syriac and Arabic.

In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a purposive sample of 56 respondents, covering different age ranges, gender and educational backgrounds, was chosen to fill out the linguistic questionnaire.

The instruments of the study were; a community profile, open-ended interviews and a sociolinguistic questionnaire.

Results showed that the Assyrians of Jordan are witnessing a shift towards the majority language "Arabic".

They use Arabic in almost all domains.

Syriac is still minimally used in the church and home domains.

The results also revealed that the Assyrians of Jordan have positive attitudes towards Syriac and Arabic.

However, these attitudes towards Syriac do not play a role in preserving it.

The study proved that social, political and economic factors played a major role in shifting from Syriac into Arabic.

The study suggested several ideas for further research like conducting similar studies on the Assyrians in different regions such as Palestine and Syria.

التخصصات الرئيسية

اللغات والآداب المقارنة

عدد الصفحات

119

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-692828