A Discoursal Study of Intersentensial and Intrasentential Code-Switching in Iraqi Arabic Online Chat

Al-Sa&#039;ati, Nashwan

doi:10.33899/berj.2023.180026

	A Discoursal Study of Intersentensial and Intrasentential Code-Switching in Iraqi Arabic Online Chat
College Of Basic Education Research Journal
Volume 19, Issue 2.1, August 2023, Pages 568-580 PDF (441.83 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.33899/berj.2023.180026
Author
Nashwan Al-Sa'ati^*
Department of English/ College of Arts/ Mosul University/ Mosul/ Iraq
Abstract
The current research concerns intersentensial and intrasentential code-switching as performed by Iraqi speakers who use Iraqi Arabic and English languages simultaneously as a means of communication in their interaction in online chat namely, Facebook messenger chat. The data were collected from a group of friends, acquaintances and relatives who have different educational backgrounds. These people were grouped according to the same- and cross- sex types of interaction. Some research questions are sought as to whether these types of code- switching are frequent in Facebook messenger chat, whether they are used consciously or unconsciously and the reasons behind using them. Certain hypotheses are raised such as intersentensial and intrasentential code-switching are frequent, they are both consciously and unconsciously performed by speakers, they express different ideas and attitudes, and finally, intersentensial code-switching is more frequently adopted by females. Various results were obtained where all confirmed the hypotheses raised in the research under investigation.
Keywords
Code-Switching؛ ؛Iraqi Arabic؛ ؛؛; ؛ ؛Online Chat

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