Lotfi Sayahi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1261427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lotfi Sayahi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lotfi |
| FAMILY NAME | Sayahi |
| SIGNATURE | SAYAHI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1319-9306 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gender assignment to English noun insertions in New York Dominican Spanish
The current study explores which factors condition gender assignment to English noun insertions in New York Dominican Spanish and compares these results with previous studies on gender assignment to English noun insertions in Spanish. We find that while the gender of the referent, the analogical gender of the English noun, and homophony with a Spanish noun play significant roles in the gender assignment process, the phonological gender of the nou…
A Quantitative Analysis of Code-switching in the Arabic-Romance Kharjas
This paper studies code-switching between Andalusian Arabic and Romance in the kharjas , the closing verses of the muwashshahaat poems. These poems, dating from the 11 th to the 14 th centuries, were composed in Classical Arabic, while the kharjas were written in two languages of Al-Andalus: Andalusian Arabic and Romance. The purpose is to investigate to what degree the structural aspect of code-switching in the kharjas conforms to descriptions i…
Code-switching and language change in Tunisia
This article quantitatively studies the patterns of Tunisian Arabic/French code-switching and the possible implications for contact-induced change in the Tunisian dialect. The purpose is to account for the extent of the occurrence of code-switching across gender lines and levels of education and assess its role in the interference from French into Arabic, both at the lexical and structural levels. Recorded semi-directed sociolinguistic interviews…
Introduction. Current perspectives on Tunisian sociolinguistics
Despite its small size (63,170 sq miles) and a rather small population with a stable growth rate,2 Tunisia represents a rich sociolinguistic laboratory with a long history of bilingualism and language contact. The delicate position of Berber, the diglossic situation of Arabic and the increasing efforts for Arabization, the regional and social variation in Tunisian Arabic, the presence of French, and the gradual spread of English, among other clos…
Diglossia and Contact-induced Language Change
The present paper assesses the implications of the existence of two varieties of the same language for contact-induced language change in cases of bilingualism. By analysing the contact between French and Tunisian Arabic, on the one hand, and Spanish and Northern Moroccan Arabic, on the other, the purpose is to illustrate how the coexistence of diglossia and bilingualism within the same speech community facilitates interference from the foreign l…
El español en el norte de Marruecos
A diferencia de lo que ocurre en muchas otras áreas, el español en el norte de África ha gozado de muy poco interés por parte de los investigadores. No obstante, esta lengua ha formado parte del panorama sociolingüístico de la región de manera continua desde finales del siglo XV. Además, la intensa inmigración ibérica al norte de África en el siglo XIX y la declaración del protectorado español en el norte de Marruecos entre 1912 y 1956 fortalecie…
Final /s/ retention and deletion in Spanish
Language and identity among speakers of Spanish in northern Morocco
Aquí todo el mundo hablaba español
The quotation in the title of this article, recorded during an informal conversation with an old Tangerine Spaniard, illustrates a widely extended belief both in Morocco and Spain that Spanish has been a common language in Tangier for centuries. While it is true that in Tangier, and throughout all northern Morocco,2 Jeffrey Heath, From Code-Switching to Borrowing: Foreign and Diglossic Mixing in Moroccan Arabic (London: Kegan Paul International 1…
Language and identity among speakers of Spanish in northern Morocco
Diglossia and Contact-induced Language Change
The present paper assesses the implications of the existence of two varieties of the same language for contact-induced language change in cases of bilingualism. By analysing the contact between French and Tunisian Arabic, on the one hand, and Spanish and Northern Moroccan Arabic, on the other, the purpose is to illustrate how the coexistence of diglossia and bilingualism within the same speech community facilitates interference from the foreign l…
Final /s/ retention and deletion in Spanish
Introduction. Current perspectives on Tunisian sociolinguistics
Despite its small size (63,170 sq miles) and a rather small population with a stable growth rate,2 Tunisia represents a rich sociolinguistic laboratory with a long history of bilingualism and language contact. The delicate position of Berber, the diglossic situation of Arabic and the increasing efforts for Arabization, the regional and social variation in Tunisian Arabic, the presence of French, and the gradual spread of English, among other clos…
Aquí todo el mundo hablaba español
The quotation in the title of this article, recorded during an informal conversation with an old Tangerine Spaniard, illustrates a widely extended belief both in Morocco and Spain that Spanish has been a common language in Tangier for centuries. While it is true that in Tangier, and throughout all northern Morocco,2 Jeffrey Heath, From Code-Switching to Borrowing: Foreign and Diglossic Mixing in Moroccan Arabic (London: Kegan Paul International 1…
A Quantitative Analysis of Code-switching in the Arabic-Romance Kharjas
This paper studies code-switching between Andalusian Arabic and Romance in the kharjas , the closing verses of the muwashshahaat poems. These poems, dating from the 11 th to the 14 th centuries, were composed in Classical Arabic, while the kharjas were written in two languages of Al-Andalus: Andalusian Arabic and Romance. The purpose is to investigate to what degree the structural aspect of code-switching in the kharjas conforms to descriptions i…
Code-switching and language change in Tunisia
This article quantitatively studies the patterns of Tunisian Arabic/French code-switching and the possible implications for contact-induced change in the Tunisian dialect. The purpose is to account for the extent of the occurrence of code-switching across gender lines and levels of education and assess its role in the interference from French into Arabic, both at the lexical and structural levels. Recorded semi-directed sociolinguistic interviews…
Aquí todo el mundo hablaba español
The quotation in the title of this article, recorded during an informal conversation with an old Tangerine Spaniard, illustrates a widely extended belief both in Morocco and Spain that Spanish has been a common language in Tangier for centuries. While it is true that in Tangier, and throughout all northern Morocco,2 Jeffrey Heath, From Code-Switching to Borrowing: Foreign and Diglossic Mixing in Moroccan Arabic (London: Kegan Paul International 1…
El español en el norte de Marruecos
A diferencia de lo que ocurre en muchas otras áreas, el español en el norte de África ha gozado de muy poco interés por parte de los investigadores. No obstante, esta lengua ha formado parte del panorama sociolingüístico de la región de manera continua desde finales del siglo XV. Además, la intensa inmigración ibérica al norte de África en el siglo XIX y la declaración del protectorado español en el norte de Marruecos entre 1912 y 1956 fortalecie…
Final /s/ retention and deletion in Spanish
Language and identity among speakers of Spanish in northern Morocco
Diglossia and Contact-induced Language Change
The present paper assesses the implications of the existence of two varieties of the same language for contact-induced language change in cases of bilingualism. By analysing the contact between French and Tunisian Arabic, on the one hand, and Spanish and Northern Moroccan Arabic, on the other, the purpose is to illustrate how the coexistence of diglossia and bilingualism within the same speech community facilitates interference from the foreign l…
Code-switching and language change in Tunisia
This article quantitatively studies the patterns of Tunisian Arabic/French code-switching and the possible implications for contact-induced change in the Tunisian dialect. The purpose is to account for the extent of the occurrence of code-switching across gender lines and levels of education and assess its role in the interference from French into Arabic, both at the lexical and structural levels. Recorded semi-directed sociolinguistic interviews…
Introduction. Current perspectives on Tunisian sociolinguistics
Despite its small size (63,170 sq miles) and a rather small population with a stable growth rate,2 Tunisia represents a rich sociolinguistic laboratory with a long history of bilingualism and language contact. The delicate position of Berber, the diglossic situation of Arabic and the increasing efforts for Arabization, the regional and social variation in Tunisian Arabic, the presence of French, and the gradual spread of English, among other clos…
A Quantitative Analysis of Code-switching in the Arabic-Romance Kharjas
This paper studies code-switching between Andalusian Arabic and Romance in the kharjas , the closing verses of the muwashshahaat poems. These poems, dating from the 11 th to the 14 th centuries, were composed in Classical Arabic, while the kharjas were written in two languages of Al-Andalus: Andalusian Arabic and Romance. The purpose is to investigate to what degree the structural aspect of code-switching in the kharjas conforms to descriptions i…
Gender assignment to English noun insertions in New York Dominican Spanish
The current study explores which factors condition gender assignment to English noun insertions in New York Dominican Spanish and compares these results with previous studies on gender assignment to English noun insertions in Spanish. We find that while the gender of the referent, the analogical gender of the English noun, and homophony with a Spanish noun play significant roles in the gender assignment process, the phonological gender of the nou…
Linguistics (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (4 works)