Gareth Smail
Biographic Data
| ID | 155273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gareth Smail |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gareth |
| FAMILY NAME | Smail |
| SIGNATURE | SMAIL G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1811-9280 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
You don’t do this at school, do you?’
Stylizing Tamazight (Berber)-Influenced Moroccan Arabic in a Moroccan Stand-Up Comedy
Elaborating on the concept of heteroglossic stylization, this paper examines how a Moroccan comedian-Zakaria Ouarssam-stylizes Tamazight (Berber)-influenced Moroccan Arabic (MA) in order to evoke comedic personae associated with the country's Middle Atlas region. Our analysis focuses on Ouarssam's on-stage performances to document the complex multilingual repertoire that allows him to (i) create contrasts between a supposedly unmarked MA and a st…
Citizen sociolinguists scaling back
This paper examines the different ways that professional experts and everyday language users engage in scaling practices to claim authority when they talk about multilingual practices and the social significance they assign to them. Specifically, we compare sociolinguists’ use of the term translanguaging to describe multilingual and multimodal practices to the diverse observations of amateur online commentators, or citizen sociolinguists . Our an…
Politicized pedagogy in Morocco
A history of modern Morocco
Susan Gilson Miller's new text, A History of Modern Morocco, is a concise introduction to Morocco's political history. As the first of its kind since C. R. Pennell's 2000 volume, Miller's work buil
A history of modern Morocco
Susan Gilson Miller's new text, A History of Modern Morocco, is a concise introduction to Morocco's political history. As the first of its kind since C. R. Pennell's 2000 volume, Miller's work buil
Politicized pedagogy in Morocco
Citizen sociolinguists scaling back
This paper examines the different ways that professional experts and everyday language users engage in scaling practices to claim authority when they talk about multilingual practices and the social significance they assign to them. Specifically, we compare sociolinguists’ use of the term translanguaging to describe multilingual and multimodal practices to the diverse observations of amateur online commentators, or citizen sociolinguists . Our an…
You don’t do this at school, do you?’
Stylizing Tamazight (Berber)-Influenced Moroccan Arabic in a Moroccan Stand-Up Comedy
Elaborating on the concept of heteroglossic stylization, this paper examines how a Moroccan comedian-Zakaria Ouarssam-stylizes Tamazight (Berber)-influenced Moroccan Arabic (MA) in order to evoke comedic personae associated with the country's Middle Atlas region. Our analysis focuses on Ouarssam's on-stage performances to document the complex multilingual repertoire that allows him to (i) create contrasts between a supposedly unmarked MA and a st…
History (3 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)