Brahim Chakrani
Biographic Data
| ID | 1631597 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brahim Chakrani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brahim |
| FAMILY NAME | Chakrani |
| SIGNATURE | CHAKRANI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9555-0141 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Arabic Standardization
To understand the Arabic standardization process, linguists examine the different sociohistorical factors that link the Arabic language to the identity and history of its speakers. Arabic standardization is premised on choosing speech forms throughout the Arab peninsula. The standardization of Arabic was born out of the need for cross‐dialectal communication during the expansion of the Islamic empire. The expansion of literacy and knowledge produ…
Paradoxes of Language Policy in Morocco
Language-in-education policies often serve hidden political and economic agendas, and thus language policy research must examine policies beyond official state discourse. This article critically analyzes Morocco's Language Alternation Policy (LAP), introduced in 2019, using the historical-structural approach. It examines the broader historical context and structural factors that shape the adoption and implementation of LAP. While the official pol…
Deconstructing verbal and nonverbal accommodation in Arabic cross-dialectal communication
Aims and objectives: This study examines language accommodation in cross-dialectal encounters. It demonstrates how speakers of different Arabic varieties use (non)accommodation strategies that include both verbal and embodied actions. Approach: The study uses qualitative data from Arabic cross-dialectal communication. In the course of their interactions, participants draw on linguistic and nonlinguistic resources to achieve either convergent or d…
Which Arabic and Why? Policies, Politics, and Teaching
[One day, the famous grammarian] al-Farrā’ made several mistakes while speaking in the presence of Hārūn al-Rašīd. [The vizier] Ja‘far b. Yaḥyā al-Barmakī pointed this out to the caliph, who said: “Al-Farrā’, are you speaking incorrectly?”. “Commander of the Faithful”, replied al-Farrā’, “while it is natural for the Beduins to inflect words correctly, for citydwellers [like me] it is not. When I prepare, I speak correctly; when I speak off the cu…
Language Ideologies and Policies at Work
This article analyzes France’s language policies regarding Arabic instruction, considering the historical relationship with the Arabic language and its speakers, from colonial to postmodern eras. The polemic surrounding Arabic instruction in the schools of the republic is not a nascent political development regarding minority linguistic rights, but, rather, a byproduct of ideologically motivated educational policies that aim to marginalize the ro…
Between Profit and Identity
This article examines two speech communities for which language of instruction (LI) is a marker of socioeconomic class that predicts respondents’ overt language attitudes. Previous research has not investigated the relationship between LI and speakers’ language attitudes. However, the results of this study show that LI underlies the contestation of codes within Morocco’s multilingual educational domain. The theoretical framework of this study con…
Switching codes and registers
Aims: This study focuses on heritage speakers’ ability to use their Arabic varieties and English in the construction of narratives of personal experience. This is critical because English, Colloquial Arabic (CA), and Standard Arabic (SA) are part of the sociolinguistic reality of the families and communities in which many heritage Arabic speakers live. Design: The study compares and contrastes heritage speakers’ Arabic and English narratives with…
Arabic interdialectal encounters
The work of ideology
This article investigates overt language attitudes and linguistic practices among French-taught university students in Morocco, showing the relationship between language behavior and attitudes. The results reveal a class-based divide in respondents' patterns of language use, in their support of the French monolingual sanitized classroom, and in their attitudinal dispositions toward the dominance of French as the language of instruction. Within th…
The impact of the ideology of modernity on language attitudes in Morocco
This paper investigates how the ideology of modernity affects Moroccan youths' attitudes towards local and foreign languages. Covert attitudes data from a Matched Guise Test show the alignment of French, as compared with Moroccan Arabic (MA) and Standard Arabic (SA), with the status-bearing traits of modernity and open-mindedness. Additionally, overt data from a language attitudes questionnaire show that the higher their social class, the more li…
Trajectories of education in the Arab world
The impact of the ideology of modernity on language attitudes in Morocco
This paper investigates how the ideology of modernity affects Moroccan youths' attitudes towards local and foreign languages. Covert attitudes data from a Matched Guise Test show the alignment of French, as compared with Moroccan Arabic (MA) and Standard Arabic (SA), with the status-bearing traits of modernity and open-mindedness. Additionally, overt data from a language attitudes questionnaire show that the higher their social class, the more li…
Arabic interdialectal encounters
Language Ideologies and Policies at Work
This article analyzes France’s language policies regarding Arabic instruction, considering the historical relationship with the Arabic language and its speakers, from colonial to postmodern eras. The polemic surrounding Arabic instruction in the schools of the republic is not a nascent political development regarding minority linguistic rights, but, rather, a byproduct of ideologically motivated educational policies that aim to marginalize the ro…
Trajectories of education in the Arab world
The impact of the ideology of modernity on language attitudes in Morocco
This paper investigates how the ideology of modernity affects Moroccan youths' attitudes towards local and foreign languages. Covert attitudes data from a Matched Guise Test show the alignment of French, as compared with Moroccan Arabic (MA) and Standard Arabic (SA), with the status-bearing traits of modernity and open-mindedness. Additionally, overt data from a language attitudes questionnaire show that the higher their social class, the more li…
The work of ideology
This article investigates overt language attitudes and linguistic practices among French-taught university students in Morocco, showing the relationship between language behavior and attitudes. The results reveal a class-based divide in respondents' patterns of language use, in their support of the French monolingual sanitized classroom, and in their attitudinal dispositions toward the dominance of French as the language of instruction. Within th…
Arabic interdialectal encounters
Between Profit and Identity
This article examines two speech communities for which language of instruction (LI) is a marker of socioeconomic class that predicts respondents’ overt language attitudes. Previous research has not investigated the relationship between LI and speakers’ language attitudes. However, the results of this study show that LI underlies the contestation of codes within Morocco’s multilingual educational domain. The theoretical framework of this study con…
Switching codes and registers
Aims: This study focuses on heritage speakers’ ability to use their Arabic varieties and English in the construction of narratives of personal experience. This is critical because English, Colloquial Arabic (CA), and Standard Arabic (SA) are part of the sociolinguistic reality of the families and communities in which many heritage Arabic speakers live. Design: The study compares and contrastes heritage speakers’ Arabic and English narratives with…
Which Arabic and Why? Policies, Politics, and Teaching
[One day, the famous grammarian] al-Farrā’ made several mistakes while speaking in the presence of Hārūn al-Rašīd. [The vizier] Ja‘far b. Yaḥyā al-Barmakī pointed this out to the caliph, who said: “Al-Farrā’, are you speaking incorrectly?”. “Commander of the Faithful”, replied al-Farrā’, “while it is natural for the Beduins to inflect words correctly, for citydwellers [like me] it is not. When I prepare, I speak correctly; when I speak off the cu…
Language Ideologies and Policies at Work
This article analyzes France’s language policies regarding Arabic instruction, considering the historical relationship with the Arabic language and its speakers, from colonial to postmodern eras. The polemic surrounding Arabic instruction in the schools of the republic is not a nascent political development regarding minority linguistic rights, but, rather, a byproduct of ideologically motivated educational policies that aim to marginalize the ro…
Deconstructing verbal and nonverbal accommodation in Arabic cross-dialectal communication
Aims and objectives: This study examines language accommodation in cross-dialectal encounters. It demonstrates how speakers of different Arabic varieties use (non)accommodation strategies that include both verbal and embodied actions. Approach: The study uses qualitative data from Arabic cross-dialectal communication. In the course of their interactions, participants draw on linguistic and nonlinguistic resources to achieve either convergent or d…
Arabic Standardization
To understand the Arabic standardization process, linguists examine the different sociohistorical factors that link the Arabic language to the identity and history of its speakers. Arabic standardization is premised on choosing speech forms throughout the Arab peninsula. The standardization of Arabic was born out of the need for cross‐dialectal communication during the expansion of the Islamic empire. The expansion of literacy and knowledge produ…
Paradoxes of Language Policy in Morocco
Language-in-education policies often serve hidden political and economic agendas, and thus language policy research must examine policies beyond official state discourse. This article critically analyzes Morocco's Language Alternation Policy (LAP), introduced in 2019, using the historical-structural approach. It examines the broader historical context and structural factors that shape the adoption and implementation of LAP. While the official pol…
Sociology (9 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Arabic (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Ideology (4 works) · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (4 works) · Law (4 works)