English-Arabic code switching among students of medicine at Mu'tah University : motivations and functions

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

al-Rawashidah, Najwa Abd Rabbih

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Khawlidah, Muhammad Arshid Said

أعضاء اللجنة

al-Najadat, Jumah Salim
Kanakri, Mahmud Ali
al-Salman, Mahmud Ahmad

الجامعة

جامعة مؤتة

الكلية

كلية الآداب

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الإنجليزية و آدابها

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2010

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study investigates some possible functions that the phenomenon of code switching reveals and the reasons native speakers of Jordanian Arabic students at Mu'tah University switch from Arabic to English and the functions of switching.

In an attempt to arrive at the functions of code switching and the motivations behind it, the researcher recorded and observed real conversations performed by different groups of students of medicine.

A questionnaire intended at eliciting students' responses was also administered and distributed among students of medicine at Mu'tah University.

The data show that code switching is generally used as a strategy for various reasons that carry pragmatic implications.

Subjects, for example, switch to English either to increase the communication or to decrease the social distance among participants.

They also tend to switch codes between Arabic and English in order to match the sequence of talk, to emphasize a direct previous message, and to show an agreement with a certain proposition.

Other reasons of switching include: a) to improve their English proficiency; b) to replace Arabic words that are considered taboo as English words seem less offensive; c) to use English habitually; d) to deliver the message briefly

التخصصات الرئيسية

اللغات والآداب المقارنة

عدد الصفحات

40

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-785606