Code-Switching in Judaeo-Arabic Documents from the Cairo Geniza

Autor/inn/en	Wagner, Esther-Miriam; Connolly, Magdalen
Titel	Code-Switching in Judaeo-Arabic Documents from the Cairo Geniza
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 37 (2018) 1, S.1-23 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2017-0050
Schlagwörter	Code Switching (Language); Semitic Languages; Medieval Literature; Written Language; Language Styles; Sociolinguistics; Judaism; Literary Genres; Authors; Religious Factors; Letters (Correspondence); Language Usage; Diachronic Linguistics; Foreign Countries; Multilingualism; Business Communication; Familiarity; Legal Responsibility; Egypt + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Geschriebene Sprache; Sprachstil; Soziolinguistik; Judaismus; Literarische Form; Author; Autor; Autorin; Brief; Sprachgebrauch; Linguistics; Diachronische Sprachbetrachtung; Historische Linguistik; Ausland; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Unternehmenskommunikation; Strafmündigkeit; Ägypten
Abstract	This paper investigates code-switching and script-switching in medieval documents from the Cairo Geniza, written in Judaeo-Arabic (Arabic in Hebrew script), Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic. Legal documents regularly show a macaronic style of Judaeo-Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew, while in letters code-switching from Judaeo-Arabic to Hebrew is tied in with various socio-linguistic circumstances and indicates how markedly Jewish the sort of text is. Merchants in particular employed a style of writing devoid of Hebrew elements, whereas community dignitaries are much more prone to mixing of Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic (and Arabic), although the degree of mixing also depends on a number of other factors, such as on the individual education. Analyses show great variation within the repertoire of single authors, as shown on the example of Daniel b. [Hebrew character]Azariah, according to the purpose of the correspondence, with religious affairs attracting the highest Hebrew content, whereas letters pertaining to trade exhibit the lowest Hebrew content. Script-switching between Hebrew and Arabic may be prompted by convenience of individual writers, or occur as an idiosyncratic quirk, but reveal the close familiarity of the writer with both alphabets. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01