Grammatical Features of Egyptian and Palestinian Arabic Heritage Speakers' Oral Production

Autor/inn/en	Albirini, Abdulkafi; Benmamoun, Elabbas; Saadah, Eman
Titel	Grammatical Features of Egyptian and Palestinian Arabic Heritage Speakers' Oral Production
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 33 (2011) 2, S.273-303 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-2631
DOI	10.1017/S0272263110000768
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Competence; Semitic Languages; Language Dominance; Grammar; Syntax; Oral Language; Language Variation; Morphology (Languages); Transfer of Training; Personal Narratives; Immigrants; Code Switching (Language); English (Second Language); Native Language; Second Language Learning; Egypt; Palestine; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachkompetenz; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Sprachliche Dominanz; Grammatik; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Sprachenvielfalt; Morphology; Morphologie; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Erlebniserzählung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ägypten; Palästina; USA
Abstract	This study presents an investigation of oral narratives collected from heritage Egyptian and Palestinian Arabic speakers living in the United States. The focus is on a number of syntactic and morphological features in their production, such as word order, use of null subjects, selection of prepositions, agreement, and possession. The degree of codeswitching in their narratives was also investigated. The goal was to gain some insights into the Arabic linguistic competence of this group of speakers. The results show that although Arabic heritage speakers display significant competence in their heritage colloquial varieties, there are gaps in that knowledge. There also seems to be significant transfer from English, their dominant language. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10