Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Youssef, Islam"
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Code-Switching in the TV-series Førstegangstjenesten
Rehman, Daniyal (Master thesis, 2024)This thesis provides a sociolinguistic analysis of code-switching to English in the first season of the Norwegian TV-series Førstegangstjenesten. The purpose of the research is to find out what social and non-linguistic ... -
Contrastive Feature Typologies of Arabic Consonant Reflexes
Youssef, Islam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Attempts to classify spoken Arabic dialects based on distinct reflexes of consonant phonemes are known to employ a mixture of parameters, which often conflate linguistic and non-linguistic facts. This article advances an ... -
Editorial: Perspectives on Nordic phonology
Vazquez-Larruscain, Miguel; Youssef, Islam (Others, 2021)In this editorial, we first offer a glimpse of the scope and traditions of studying phonology in the Nordic countries and how these are mirrored in the aims of FiNo and the topics presented at its 2020 workshop. We then ... -
Integrating segmental and suprasegmental aspects of pronunciation in Norway's Lower Secondary English classroom
Oterhals, Ida Røvik (Master thesis, 2022)This research study investigates pronunciation teaching among English teachers at Norwegian lower secondary schools. The study aims to find out how much English teachers integrate pronunciation into their teaching, with ... -
Labialization in Cairene Arabic
Youssef, Islam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This paper investigates certain morphological categories in Cairene Arabic where the contrast between the short high vowels [i] and [u] is neutralized. The understanding of these neutralizations has direct consequences on ... -
Palatalization in Educated Cairene Arabic
Youssef, Islam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In the speech of some educated Cairenes, the coronal stops /t d tˤ dˤ/ acquire a secondary palatal articulation before high front vowels and glides, resulting in [tj] or [dj]. Based on first-hand data, this article provides ... -
The Adjectival Relative Construction in Egyptian Arabic
Youssef, Islam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The present paper investigates a type of broad-subject construction in Egyptian Arabic in which an adjective or participial structurally qualifies the head noun (or subject) but logically qualifies a subsequent noun, as ... -
The phonology and micro-typology of Arabic R
Youssef, Islam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The R sound exhibits considerable variability both across and within Arabic dialects; one that covers place and manner of articulation, as well as the notorious emphatic-plain distinction. Some R phones are in contrastive ... -
Why are you talking like that, sir? Il-Limbi, phonology and class in contemporary Egypt
Youssef, Islam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article investigates the phonological patternings in the speech of il-Limbi, an immensely popular character in Egyptian comedy; and it stands therefore at a crossroads between cultural studies and linguistics. Il-Limbi ...