Genocide, the Holocaust and Israel-palestine: First-person History in Times of Crisis
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | University of Basel Switzerland, American University, Universität Hamburg |
| ANO | 2021 |
| TIPO | Book |
| PERIÓDICO | World Englishes |
| ISSN | 0883-2919 |
| E-ISSN | 1467-971X |
| DOI | 10.1111/weng.12507 |
| CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-14 |
| MD5 |
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| MD5 |
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Resumo
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has witnessed an unprecedented economic and cultural development since its foundation in 1971. Foreign labor and investment play a central role in this development, yielding a sharp imbalance between the Emirati and the foreign population. A population of no less than 85 per cent of highly transient foreigners strongly impacts the local linguistic landscape, with many languages competing in the public sphere. English occupies a special role in this multilingual texture, as it is used as a foreign language, a second language, and a lingua franca. It occurs in its standardized varieties, but also in several non‐standard forms, as foreign labor is recruited from places formerly under British or American influence. Based on a new questionnaire study of 692 university students, we explore the tension between English and Arabic, the prominence of English, the increasing use of English as a home language, and the emergence of a new variety of English: 'Gulf English'.