Moroccan artists ‘blacklisted’
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Atiqa Hachimi
Abstract
This paper explores contestation in digital metalinguistic discourse from the perspective of the Maghreb-Mashreq language ideology – the unequal relationship between North African and Middle Eastern vernacular Arabic varieties. Specifically, the paper examines a Facebook page dedicated to the ‘Blacklisting’ of Moroccan artists who converge to Mashreqi Arabic varieties in pan-Arab encounters through examining these artists’ communicative practices and argues that the Blacklist Facebook is a discursive site that works to demand national dialect loyalty, especially from female cultural figures. However, the anxieties and language ideological debates made explicit on the Facebook page are not exclusively about language; more broadly, they unravel the complex relationships between communicative practice, morality, and today’s conceptualizations of Moroccan national identity.
Abstract
This paper explores contestation in digital metalinguistic discourse from the perspective of the Maghreb-Mashreq language ideology – the unequal relationship between North African and Middle Eastern vernacular Arabic varieties. Specifically, the paper examines a Facebook page dedicated to the ‘Blacklisting’ of Moroccan artists who converge to Mashreqi Arabic varieties in pan-Arab encounters through examining these artists’ communicative practices and argues that the Blacklist Facebook is a discursive site that works to demand national dialect loyalty, especially from female cultural figures. However, the anxieties and language ideological debates made explicit on the Facebook page are not exclusively about language; more broadly, they unravel the complex relationships between communicative practice, morality, and today’s conceptualizations of Moroccan national identity.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction xi
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Part I: Syntax and its interfaces
- Locative prepositional phrases and inalienable PLACE in Lebanese Arabic* 3
- On the syntax of exceptive constructions in Egyptian Arabic* 35
- Verbal and nominal plurals and the syntaxmorphology interface 59
- Exploring the syntax-phonology interface in Arabic 75
- A salience-based analysis of the Tunisian Arabic demonstrative hāk as used in oral narratives* 99
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Part II: Arabic Linguistic Variation
- Moroccan artists ‘blacklisted’ 123
- Lateral fricative ḍād in Tihāmat Qaḥtān 151
- Arabic ȷ̌ and the class of Sun Letters 171
- Quantifying lexical and pronunciation variation between three Arabic varieties* 187
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Part III: First Language Acquisition
- Compensatory lengthening 215
- Index 237
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction xi
-
Part I: Syntax and its interfaces
- Locative prepositional phrases and inalienable PLACE in Lebanese Arabic* 3
- On the syntax of exceptive constructions in Egyptian Arabic* 35
- Verbal and nominal plurals and the syntaxmorphology interface 59
- Exploring the syntax-phonology interface in Arabic 75
- A salience-based analysis of the Tunisian Arabic demonstrative hāk as used in oral narratives* 99
-
Part II: Arabic Linguistic Variation
- Moroccan artists ‘blacklisted’ 123
- Lateral fricative ḍād in Tihāmat Qaḥtān 151
- Arabic ȷ̌ and the class of Sun Letters 171
- Quantifying lexical and pronunciation variation between three Arabic varieties* 187
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Part III: First Language Acquisition
- Compensatory lengthening 215
- Index 237
