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International Journal of Bilingualism Functional and sociocultural attitudes of code-switching and its relation to the meaning-making process: The case of dubbing Kim Possible into Arabic Rashid Yahiaoui

, Marwa J Aldous, Ashraf Fattah

First Published May 27, 2021 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069211019482

Abstract Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: The aim of this study is to investigate the sociolinguistic functions of code-switching and its relation to the meaning-making process by using the animated series Kim Possible as a case study.

Design/methodology/approach: This study employs Muysken’s taxonomy to draw on code-switching patterns in lexicogrammar in relation to human behavior. The study also uses the functional approaches of Muysken and Appel and Gumperz as binary investigatory frameworks to locate interlingual and intralingual code-switching particularities and to elaborate on codeswitching functions.

Data and analysis: The analysis encompasses 48 episodes. Firstly, we extracted and transcribed codeswitching occurrences in light of Muysken’s typology episode-by-episode and categorized them according to their code-switching type (interlingual or intralingual). Secondly, we quantified the occurrences according to their syntactic form to make more systematic claims about code-switching patterns. Next, we triangulated the patterns by https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13670069211019482#

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examining the context of utterances and extralinguistic factors in the original series visà-vis the dubbed version to draw upon information beyond the structure or grammar.

Findings/conclusions: The Arabic dubbed version was able to communicate the characters’ cosmopolitan diversity, which correlates with the series’ sense of linguistic modernity and humor. At the same time, the Arabic version was able to portray the extralinguistic reality of Lebanon and its multi-linguistic tapestry.

Originality: This research is original because it focuses on Lebanese-Arabic, a dialect seldom discussed in the context of translation. The research also examines language variations in the context of dubbed discourse, where code-switching is integrally pertinent to visual-signs and the cultural background of characters.

Significance/implications: The study recognizes the intricacy of code-switching as a reflective phenomenon of social reality and power dynamics; therefore, it contributes in the fields of translation and sociolinguistics.

Keywords Code-switching, Kim Possible, linguistic hybridity, bilingualism, dubbing

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