Valentina Serreli
Biographic Data
| ID | 1631503 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valentina Serreli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valentina |
| FAMILY NAME | Serreli |
| SIGNATURE | SERRELI V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bayreuth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4944-3107 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Minority languages and intergroup communication: The case of Siwi (Amazigh) in Egypt
Minority or minoritized languages are often restricted to ingroup use by their own speakers and indexically related to them. Nevertheless, minority languages and their speakers are never isolated; they are part of a multilingual ecology and included in local language hierarchies. In this paper, I focus on the occurrence and role of Siwi in the interaction between Siwi and Arabic speakers in the Siwa Oasis. In this multilingual space, a national m…
Multifunctional Markers in a Contact Situation: Bass and ġayr in and between Arabic and Berber
This paper presents a synchronic analysis of two items – bass and ġayr – in Siwi Berber and Arabic L2 spoken in the Siwa Oasis (Egypt). Despite their different etymologies, both items have followed a similar grammaticalization path, going from focus particles to contrastive conjunctions and, in turn, to discourse markers. These three functions are attested in the synchronic stage of both languages under study as well as in other Berber and Arabic…
Siwa: Histoire et société. Sociolinguistique
Globalization in the periphery
New media and communication technologies, heritage tourism and new reproductions of local identity are forms of globalization characteristic of the peripheries (Wang, Spotti, Juffermans, Kroon, Cornips and Blommaert, 2014:30). This article discusses some effects of globalization in a peripheral area of Egypt, where relative isolation delayed Arabization and favoured the maintenance of the indigenous Berber language, called Siwi. Globalization mat…
Identity work through language choice in the Siwa Oasis: The exploitation and iconization of Siwi
Identity and Dialect Performance: A Study of Communities and Dialects
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Identity and Dialect Performance: A Study of Communities and Dialects
Siwa: Histoire et société. Sociolinguistique
Globalization in the periphery
New media and communication technologies, heritage tourism and new reproductions of local identity are forms of globalization characteristic of the peripheries (Wang, Spotti, Juffermans, Kroon, Cornips and Blommaert, 2014:30). This article discusses some effects of globalization in a peripheral area of Egypt, where relative isolation delayed Arabization and favoured the maintenance of the indigenous Berber language, called Siwi. Globalization mat…
Identity work through language choice in the Siwa Oasis: The exploitation and iconization of Siwi
Multifunctional Markers in a Contact Situation: Bass and ġayr in and between Arabic and Berber
This paper presents a synchronic analysis of two items – bass and ġayr – in Siwi Berber and Arabic L2 spoken in the Siwa Oasis (Egypt). Despite their different etymologies, both items have followed a similar grammaticalization path, going from focus particles to contrastive conjunctions and, in turn, to discourse markers. These three functions are attested in the synchronic stage of both languages under study as well as in other Berber and Arabic…
Minority languages and intergroup communication: The case of Siwi (Amazigh) in Egypt
Minority or minoritized languages are often restricted to ingroup use by their own speakers and indexically related to them. Nevertheless, minority languages and their speakers are never isolated; they are part of a multilingual ecology and included in local language hierarchies. In this paper, I focus on the occurrence and role of Siwi in the interaction between Siwi and Arabic speakers in the Siwa Oasis. In this multilingual space, a national m…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works)