Code-switching & Identity Construction in 'Takh's' [Boom /Bang] 'Call Me Ziko' | ||
| CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education | ||
| Article 7, Volume 75, Issue 1, July 2021, Pages 155-178 PDF (984.76 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/opde.2021.208435 | ||
| Author | ||
| Maha S. Zaghloul | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Egyptian Arabic exhibits diglossia as Egyptians speak country two varieties of Arabic side by side; this is in addition to the English language which is one of the most widely used foreign languages in Egypt. The present study investigates how code-switching (CS) is employed in 'Call me Ziko', one of the songs by an Egyptian popular band called 'Takh' which literally means in Arabic [boom / bang]. The song is presented as a short narrative sarcastic sketch, where code-switching is extensively used to mark the social identity of the main characters in the narrative, creating a humorous enjoyable message. The study answers the following questions: 1. What are the linguistic codes (i.e. Arabic dialects and foreign languages) used in Takh's Song 'Call me Ziko'? 2. How does code-switching construct the social identities in 'Call me Ziko'? The study analyzes the code switching in the song and verifies the results about the identities of the main characters (Siham & Ziko) through a survey administered to the audience eliciting their attitudes and expectations about the social background of Siham and Ziko. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Code Switching; Social Identities; 'Call me Ziko'; Takh Band; Egyptian Arabic; Egyptian English; American English | ||
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