Code-switching/ Language Shift by Mohamed Chiairi https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5 Made with serendipity en-us 2020-12-23 19:37:48 UTC 2024-06-09 02:49:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Foreign Languages in Morocco. yassinesomerhalder https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040384246 We're back to morocco again. After native languages in Morocco, comes Spanish, French and English as the most spoken foreign languages in the country.  Of course because of the colonial history, French is the most dominant foreign language in the country. Followed by English because of the international property that the language assumed, and also because of its rich cultural content, such as songs, movies, novels and so on.. For Spanish there is not much to say because it lost both the power game with French and the cultural influence with English. However, thanks to Football Spanish is still present within the Moroccan youth's conscious and they use some vocabulary such: Liga, Gol, Copa, Barrera, segunda, primera.. and other football related words.

]]> 2020-12-23 20:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040384246 Code-switching in Morocco. yassinesomerhalder https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040402514 Code-switching is a very common socio-linguistic attitude in Morocco. Especially among educated and young people. For instance, code-switching will happen to take different themes depending on what is being discussed. For example, if Football is the topic of discussion then Code-switching will more likely be between Moroccan Arabic and Spanish, sometimes French. If it's Cinema, then be sure it will be MA and English. And Code-switching to French is more common when it is a more formal discussion. i,e. In parliament or In any political sphere, or even talking politics and philosophy in a cafe. ]]> 2020-12-23 20:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040402514 Sample of Code-switching yassinesomerhalder https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040410124 Below is a video of a Moroccan young youtuber that tends to code-switch between MA, English and French. I think this youtuber uses terms in English and French so that she identifies herself as someone who is well educated on the matters she's discussing here, and also to seem very dynamic and very intellectual, which will impact her purpose of expanding her audience to those who are Mono-lingual and also those who prefer a foreign-ish content, mainly english or french. Furthermore, I think Code-switching is important to her cause because of the notion of 'Vibe'. many young teenagers who are very much influenced by western -for lack of a better word- content creators will find her more attractive than if she uses only a monolingual attitude. Even style shifting wouldn't do the purpose in my opinion, because the point here is to be a meta-cultural figure, a Dynamic, fluid and confident content creator that has no problem touching many cultures in one video.]]> 2020-12-23 20:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040410124 Language Shift and Language maintenance yassinesomerhalder https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040476515 Language shift is when a speech community changes its language to another language over an extended period of time. It usually takes couples of generations before the language shift happens completely. Mainly this phenomenon occurs in Cases of immigration. Where the second generation grows up bilingual because of the parents language and the country's official language. Then when they have children the 1st generation's language starts to lose influence to the dominant language of the country.
On the other hand, the ancestors language could be preserved in such cases of immigration. it is called Language Maintenance.
There has to be a strong connection to the mother language. The hard work should be done by parents of each generation to make sure their kids, stay connected to the their mother tongues. By engaging in conversations with them, also by enrolling them in language schools at an early stage.]]> 2020-12-23 22:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040476515 Language Maintenance yassinesomerhalder https://padlet.com/yassinesomerhalder/gjm4niqhwv3vomi5/wish/1040493507 In the following audio file, there's a spontaneous recording of one of my cousins that was born in Spain and she speaks perfect Moroccan Arabic, even though she was educated in a Spanish school and they didn't teach Arabic there. When I asked her how did she manage to do that, she said their parents are very religious and devoted people, therefore they took it upon themselves to teach her Arabic and the Moroccan Arabic that was spoken at home. So she could read the Holy Qur'an and understand it. She also confirms that all of his siblings have the same level of Arabic as her. But also stated that she knows some of her peers who do not master Arabic as much and they struggle when they come back for vacation to Morocco.
So I would Conclude that in this case religion and devotion to the ancestors culture plays a big role in deciding what would take place, Language shift or Language maintenance.
> I declare that I have taken the approval of the person speaking in this Audio recording.
In this conversation the speaker explains to me why her Spanish friends call her Gafsa when her name is Hafsa.
"You know glasses in Spanish are Gafas and my name is Hafsa so because I wears Glasses all the time they coined the word 'Gafsa' that is Gafas + Hafsa. and it stayed like that from that day."
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