Publication: The Influence Of Age, Sex, And Length Of Stay On Syrian Refugees’ Attitudes Towards And Use Of Jordanian Arabic Dialect
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2025-04
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Fakhouri, Samaher Amin Abdel Rahman
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Syrians in jordan need to learn the jordanian arabic dialect to effectively communicate with the people of the host country. However, the attitudes of syrian refugees towards the jordanian arabic dialect and their use of the jordanian arabic dialect in various domains of life have not been adequately addressed in previous research. Thus, the study examined how syrian refugees’ attitudes towards the jordanian arabic dialect differ across their ages, sexes, and length of stay in jordan. The study also examined the domains (family, religious places, neighbourhood, market, friends, workplace, education, and media) in which syrian refugees prefer to use the jordanian arabic dialect. The study also explored syrian refugees’ reasons for the use of the jordanian and syrian dialects across eight domains of life. An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was employed with two phases: quantitative and qualitative. While the quantitative data were obtained using two questionnaires:
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Language attitudes -- Jordan