Reem Bassiouney
Biographic Data
| ID | 747198 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reem Bassiouney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reem |
| FAMILY NAME | Bassiouney |
| SIGNATURE | BASSIOUNEY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University in Cairo |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-0925-0225 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The politics of writing and reading: An Arabic sociolinguistics perspective [Journal of Arabic Sociolinguistics]
This is a response to Wolfgang Klein (1989). Schreiben oder Lesen, aber nicht beides, oder: Vorschlag zur Wiedereinführung der Keilschrift mittels Hammer und Meißel, for the 50th Anniversary issue of IJSL. It focuses on the imbalance in access to academic publishing for scholars from the global south, and for scholars working in and on languages other than English
The Routledge Handbook of Arabic and Identity
Constructing the stereotype: Indexes and performance of a stigmatised local dialect in Egypt
‘Saʿidi dialect’ is a general phrase used by Egyptians to refer to a group of dialects spoken in an area that stretches from the south of Cairo to the border of the Sudan. Of all the dialects found throughout Egypt and the Arab world, Saʿidi Arabic is one of the most ridiculed, stigmatised and stereotyped in the media. Salient phonological and semantic features of Saʿidi are associated with undesirable attributes such as ignorance, stupidity and …
The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics
Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics
Identity and Dialect Performance: A Study of Communities and Dialects
Dialect and stance-taking by non-Egyptian celebrities in Egypt
This article explores the stance of non-Egyptian celebrities performing in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA) and/or living in Egypt. These celebrities are forced by the Egyptian media to take a stance towards ECA and Egypt, and engage in the ongoing dialogue concerning Egypt’s cultural role. Meta-linguistic, as well as linguistic, resources become the focal point of a struggle for dominance. Over the last five years, there have been intense debate…
Language and Identity in Modern Egypt
How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to express the collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to language form and content? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by drawing on a broad selection of data, including newspaper articles, caricatures, blogs, patriotic songs, films, school textbooks, TV talk-shows, poetry and novels. As well as deepending their understanding of the relationship between identity and …
Language and Identity in Modern Egypt
Examines language and identity in modern Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748689668','ISBN:9780748689651','ISBN:9780748689644']); How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to illuminate the collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to language form and content? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by drawing on sources including newspaper ar…
Language and Revolution in Egypt
I. Introduction The politicizing of language that took place in Egypt before and after the January 25th revolution provides a rich environment for linguistic analysis on many levels. It is no exaggeration to say that discussion of language always feeds into politics through identity construction. As Paul Gee contends, language is in essence political: Politics is not just about contending political parties. At a much deeper level it is about how …
The social motivation of code-switching in mosque sermons in Egypt
Studies on language and religion in the Arab world have generally focused on dialectal variation between different religious communities within specific countries (cf. Abu-Haidar 1991; Holes 1984). This study, on the other hand, tries to show how Muslim religious figures exploit the diglossic situation in Egypt in their sermons in order to convey social messages more effectively to their target audience. I focus on patterns of language use within…
Politicizing identity: Code choice and stance-taking during the Egyptian revolution
This study aims to offer a fresh look at the relationship between identity, stance-taking and code choice. The study provides three examples of different forms of Egyptian public discourse related directly to identity that took place during the 2011 revolution of Egypt, a time when state TV media stations cast doubt on the identity of the protestors by utilizing linguistic resources. This article argues that during the process of stance-taking sp…
Redefining Identity Through Language in the Literature of the Diaspora
This essay examines the use of language in the literature that discusses the diaspora, with concentration on one novel. The essay concentrates on the diglossic situation that prevails in the Arab world, in which there are two varieties, high and a low, each with a different function. The high variety in the Arab world is modern standard Arabic, and the low variety is the different vernaculars of different countries. The question posed is whether …
Arabic Sociolinguistics
An introduction to the field of Arabic sociolinguistics, this title discusses major trends in research on diglossia code-switching, gendered discourse, language change and language policies in relation to Arabic.
Redefining Identity through Code Choice in "Al-Ḥubb fī ’l-manfā" by Bahāʾ Ṭāhir
This study examines the use of language and code choice in a modern Egyptian novel, al-Ḥubb fī ’l-manfā (Love in Exile) by Bahāʾ Ṭāhir (b. 1935). The study concentrates on the diglossic situation that prevails in the entire Arabic-speaking world, i.e. a situation in which there are two language varieties: a ‘High’ variety (standard Arabic) and a ‘Low’ one (vernacular dialects), each with a different function. The study will concentrate on the lan…
Politicizing identity: Code choice and stance-taking during the Egyptian revolution
This study aims to offer a fresh look at the relationship between identity, stance-taking and code choice. The study provides three examples of different forms of Egyptian public discourse related directly to identity that took place during the 2011 revolution of Egypt, a time when state TV media stations cast doubt on the identity of the protestors by utilizing linguistic resources. This article argues that during the process of stance-taking sp…
Constructing the stereotype: Indexes and performance of a stigmatised local dialect in Egypt
‘Saʿidi dialect’ is a general phrase used by Egyptians to refer to a group of dialects spoken in an area that stretches from the south of Cairo to the border of the Sudan. Of all the dialects found throughout Egypt and the Arab world, Saʿidi Arabic is one of the most ridiculed, stigmatised and stereotyped in the media. Salient phonological and semantic features of Saʿidi are associated with undesirable attributes such as ignorance, stupidity and …
The social motivation of code-switching in mosque sermons in Egypt
Studies on language and religion in the Arab world have generally focused on dialectal variation between different religious communities within specific countries (cf. Abu-Haidar 1991; Holes 1984). This study, on the other hand, tries to show how Muslim religious figures exploit the diglossic situation in Egypt in their sermons in order to convey social messages more effectively to their target audience. I focus on patterns of language use within…
Redefining Identity through Code Choice in "Al-Ḥubb fī ’l-manfā" by Bahāʾ Ṭāhir
This study examines the use of language and code choice in a modern Egyptian novel, al-Ḥubb fī ’l-manfā (Love in Exile) by Bahāʾ Ṭāhir (b. 1935). The study concentrates on the diglossic situation that prevails in the entire Arabic-speaking world, i.e. a situation in which there are two language varieties: a ‘High’ variety (standard Arabic) and a ‘Low’ one (vernacular dialects), each with a different function. The study will concentrate on the lan…
Arabic Sociolinguistics
An introduction to the field of Arabic sociolinguistics, this title discusses major trends in research on diglossia code-switching, gendered discourse, language change and language policies in relation to Arabic.
Redefining Identity Through Language in the Literature of the Diaspora
This essay examines the use of language in the literature that discusses the diaspora, with concentration on one novel. The essay concentrates on the diglossic situation that prevails in the Arab world, in which there are two varieties, high and a low, each with a different function. The high variety in the Arab world is modern standard Arabic, and the low variety is the different vernaculars of different countries. The question posed is whether …
Politicizing identity: Code choice and stance-taking during the Egyptian revolution
This study aims to offer a fresh look at the relationship between identity, stance-taking and code choice. The study provides three examples of different forms of Egyptian public discourse related directly to identity that took place during the 2011 revolution of Egypt, a time when state TV media stations cast doubt on the identity of the protestors by utilizing linguistic resources. This article argues that during the process of stance-taking sp…
Language and Revolution in Egypt
I. Introduction The politicizing of language that took place in Egypt before and after the January 25th revolution provides a rich environment for linguistic analysis on many levels. It is no exaggeration to say that discussion of language always feeds into politics through identity construction. As Paul Gee contends, language is in essence political: Politics is not just about contending political parties. At a much deeper level it is about how …
The social motivation of code-switching in mosque sermons in Egypt
Studies on language and religion in the Arab world have generally focused on dialectal variation between different religious communities within specific countries (cf. Abu-Haidar 1991; Holes 1984). This study, on the other hand, tries to show how Muslim religious figures exploit the diglossic situation in Egypt in their sermons in order to convey social messages more effectively to their target audience. I focus on patterns of language use within…
Language and Identity in Modern Egypt
How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to express the collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to language form and content? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by drawing on a broad selection of data, including newspaper articles, caricatures, blogs, patriotic songs, films, school textbooks, TV talk-shows, poetry and novels. As well as deepending their understanding of the relationship between identity and …
Language and Identity in Modern Egypt
Examines language and identity in modern Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748689668','ISBN:9780748689651','ISBN:9780748689644']); How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to illuminate the collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to language form and content? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by drawing on sources including newspaper ar…
Dialect and stance-taking by non-Egyptian celebrities in Egypt
This article explores the stance of non-Egyptian celebrities performing in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA) and/or living in Egypt. These celebrities are forced by the Egyptian media to take a stance towards ECA and Egypt, and engage in the ongoing dialogue concerning Egypt’s cultural role. Meta-linguistic, as well as linguistic, resources become the focal point of a struggle for dominance. Over the last five years, there have been intense debate…
The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics
Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics
Identity and Dialect Performance: A Study of Communities and Dialects
Constructing the stereotype: Indexes and performance of a stigmatised local dialect in Egypt
‘Saʿidi dialect’ is a general phrase used by Egyptians to refer to a group of dialects spoken in an area that stretches from the south of Cairo to the border of the Sudan. Of all the dialects found throughout Egypt and the Arab world, Saʿidi Arabic is one of the most ridiculed, stigmatised and stereotyped in the media. Salient phonological and semantic features of Saʿidi are associated with undesirable attributes such as ignorance, stupidity and …
The Routledge Handbook of Arabic and Identity
The politics of writing and reading: An Arabic sociolinguistics perspective [Journal of Arabic Sociolinguistics]
This is a response to Wolfgang Klein (1989). Schreiben oder Lesen, aber nicht beides, oder: Vorschlag zur Wiedereinführung der Keilschrift mittels Hammer und Meißel, for the 50th Anniversary issue of IJSL. It focuses on the imbalance in access to academic publishing for scholars from the global south, and for scholars working in and on languages other than English
Sociology (14 works) · Linguistics (13 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (10 works) · Arabic (9 works) · Aesthetics (8 works) · History (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Arabic language (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works)