Andrey Rosowsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 741860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrey Rosowsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosowsky |
| SIGNATURE | ROSOWSKY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5280-644X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
To what extent are sacred language practices ultralingual? The experience of British Muslim children learning Qur’anic Arabic
This article draws on qualitative data from a study of young Muslims learning Qur’anic Arabic in the UK to reveal how they engage in sacred language practices that I choose to call ‘ultralingual’. Such practices inevitably foreground linguistic form and performance over meaning, at least in the referential sense. Observable in many faith contexts, the ability to acquire a certain proficiency in an invariably ancient sacred language and then parti…
Singing in My Language(s)
Some Linguistic Implications of Transferring Rituals Online
Within the growing body of research devoted to exploring digital religion (Campbell, 2013), relatively little attention has been paid to the linguistic implications of religion moving online. In a study focusing on the online ritual of bay’ah , or allegiance pledging, in Sufism, this article presents findings that identify instances of language form and practice being modified and transformed when ritual moves online. Two aspects of linguistic ch…
Challenging the discursive positioning of young British Muslims through the multilingual performance of devotional song and poetry
This article presents data which challenge current hegemonic discourses in public and media spaces which reductively position young British Muslims as linguistically problematic. Framing these data are public space statements which argue for an overly simple linguistic basis to so-called extremist behaviour based on the presence or absence of the English language. Through an analysis of a questionnaire and interviews carried out with young perfor…
Globalisation, the practice of devotional songs and poems and the linguistic repertoires of young British Muslims
This article provides empirical data from transnational religious contexts which highlight the complexity, fluidity and indexicality of language and religious practices in globalising settings. Through an examination of the role of devotional song and poetry in the Islamic world, and in particular, among young multilingual and multivarietal British Muslims, an attempt is made to show how globalising processes of the present age contribute to, on …
The role of Muslim devotional practices in the reversal of language shift
Fishman’s scale for evaluating language vitality proposes a stage in language shift where exclusively the older generation takes part in ‘rituals’, ‘concerts’ and ‘songfests’ in the minority language. Once this generation dies away, according to the scale, these cultural practices disappear with them. Within certain Muslim youth communities in the UK, counter examples exist where the younger generation leads the way in reviving, performing and ex…
Religious classical practice
This article considers a particular contextualisation of the religious classical and practices associated with it within broader sets of linguistic resources or repertoires. Through a description and analysis of religious classical practices occurring in multilingual urban settings in the UK, the article employs the interpretive frame of performance to account for practice. An introductory overview of religious classical practices is provided, wh…
Performance and flow
Within general and specific contexts of plurilingual sociolinguistic practices, the 'religious classical' presents a quandary for sociolinguists. A feature of many ethno-religious settings, both autochthonous and diasporic, the religious classical is communicatively 'inert', invariably 'ancient' and restricted to 'ritual' and textual scholarship. Social processes involving complex and often contradictory linguistic resources, and characterised by…
Heavenly singing
This article presents data that consider the complexity of language interplay involved in minority ethnocultural communities experiencing language shift. A revival of interest in religio-cultural poetry and song, primarily evidenced within the younger generation of Muslim multilinguals of Pakistani-heritage living as part of the South Asian Diaspora in a northern city of the UK, is encouraging an accompanying interest by the same young people in …
Writing it in English’
Much attention has been paid in the literature to matters of script choice vis-à-vis languages. This attention, however, has focused on script choice in a national and political context. By contrast, there has not been any significant attention paid to more local and idiosyncratic instances of script choice operating on an individual and community level. These instances may take place when recourse is made to script as a ‘most appropriate technol…
Heavenly Readings
"This ethnographic study investigates for the first time in any significant depth the literacy practices associated with the religion of Islam as they are shaped, lived and experienced within a typical Muslim community in the United Kingdom. It seeks to counterbalance prevailing views on such practices which have often been misrepresented and misunderstood."--Jacket
The role of liturgical literacy in UK Muslim communities
Writing it in English’
Much attention has been paid in the literature to matters of script choice vis-à-vis languages. This attention, however, has focused on script choice in a national and political context. By contrast, there has not been any significant attention paid to more local and idiosyncratic instances of script choice operating on an individual and community level. These instances may take place when recourse is made to script as a ‘most appropriate technol…
Performance and flow
Within general and specific contexts of plurilingual sociolinguistic practices, the 'religious classical' presents a quandary for sociolinguists. A feature of many ethno-religious settings, both autochthonous and diasporic, the religious classical is communicatively 'inert', invariably 'ancient' and restricted to 'ritual' and textual scholarship. Social processes involving complex and often contradictory linguistic resources, and characterised by…
Religious classical practice
This article considers a particular contextualisation of the religious classical and practices associated with it within broader sets of linguistic resources or repertoires. Through a description and analysis of religious classical practices occurring in multilingual urban settings in the UK, the article employs the interpretive frame of performance to account for practice. An introductory overview of religious classical practices is provided, wh…
The role of liturgical literacy in UK Muslim communities
Heavenly Readings
"This ethnographic study investigates for the first time in any significant depth the literacy practices associated with the religion of Islam as they are shaped, lived and experienced within a typical Muslim community in the United Kingdom. It seeks to counterbalance prevailing views on such practices which have often been misrepresented and misunderstood."--Jacket
Writing it in English’
Much attention has been paid in the literature to matters of script choice vis-à-vis languages. This attention, however, has focused on script choice in a national and political context. By contrast, there has not been any significant attention paid to more local and idiosyncratic instances of script choice operating on an individual and community level. These instances may take place when recourse is made to script as a ‘most appropriate technol…
Heavenly singing
This article presents data that consider the complexity of language interplay involved in minority ethnocultural communities experiencing language shift. A revival of interest in religio-cultural poetry and song, primarily evidenced within the younger generation of Muslim multilinguals of Pakistani-heritage living as part of the South Asian Diaspora in a northern city of the UK, is encouraging an accompanying interest by the same young people in …
Performance and flow
Within general and specific contexts of plurilingual sociolinguistic practices, the 'religious classical' presents a quandary for sociolinguists. A feature of many ethno-religious settings, both autochthonous and diasporic, the religious classical is communicatively 'inert', invariably 'ancient' and restricted to 'ritual' and textual scholarship. Social processes involving complex and often contradictory linguistic resources, and characterised by…
Religious classical practice
This article considers a particular contextualisation of the religious classical and practices associated with it within broader sets of linguistic resources or repertoires. Through a description and analysis of religious classical practices occurring in multilingual urban settings in the UK, the article employs the interpretive frame of performance to account for practice. An introductory overview of religious classical practices is provided, wh…
Challenging the discursive positioning of young British Muslims through the multilingual performance of devotional song and poetry
This article presents data which challenge current hegemonic discourses in public and media spaces which reductively position young British Muslims as linguistically problematic. Framing these data are public space statements which argue for an overly simple linguistic basis to so-called extremist behaviour based on the presence or absence of the English language. Through an analysis of a questionnaire and interviews carried out with young perfor…
Globalisation, the practice of devotional songs and poems and the linguistic repertoires of young British Muslims
This article provides empirical data from transnational religious contexts which highlight the complexity, fluidity and indexicality of language and religious practices in globalising settings. Through an examination of the role of devotional song and poetry in the Islamic world, and in particular, among young multilingual and multivarietal British Muslims, an attempt is made to show how globalising processes of the present age contribute to, on …
The role of Muslim devotional practices in the reversal of language shift
Fishman’s scale for evaluating language vitality proposes a stage in language shift where exclusively the older generation takes part in ‘rituals’, ‘concerts’ and ‘songfests’ in the minority language. Once this generation dies away, according to the scale, these cultural practices disappear with them. Within certain Muslim youth communities in the UK, counter examples exist where the younger generation leads the way in reviving, performing and ex…
Singing in My Language(s)
Some Linguistic Implications of Transferring Rituals Online
Within the growing body of research devoted to exploring digital religion (Campbell, 2013), relatively little attention has been paid to the linguistic implications of religion moving online. In a study focusing on the online ritual of bay’ah , or allegiance pledging, in Sufism, this article presents findings that identify instances of language form and practice being modified and transformed when ritual moves online. Two aspects of linguistic ch…
To what extent are sacred language practices ultralingual? The experience of British Muslim children learning Qur’anic Arabic
This article draws on qualitative data from a study of young Muslims learning Qur’anic Arabic in the UK to reveal how they engage in sacred language practices that I choose to call ‘ultralingual’. Such practices inevitably foreground linguistic form and performance over meaning, at least in the referential sense. Observable in many faith contexts, the ability to acquire a certain proficiency in an invariably ancient sacred language and then parti…
Linguistics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (8 works) · History (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works)