Zaghloul, M. (2021). Code-switching & Identity Construction in 'Takh's' [Boom /Bang] 'Call Me Ziko'. CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education, 75(1), 155-178. doi: 10.21608/opde.2021.208435
Maha S. Zaghloul. "Code-switching & Identity Construction in 'Takh's' [Boom /Bang] 'Call Me Ziko'". CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education, 75, 1, 2021, 155-178. doi: 10.21608/opde.2021.208435
Zaghloul, M. (2021). 'Code-switching & Identity Construction in 'Takh's' [Boom /Bang] 'Call Me Ziko'', CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education, 75(1), pp. 155-178. doi: 10.21608/opde.2021.208435
Zaghloul, M. Code-switching & Identity Construction in 'Takh's' [Boom /Bang] 'Call Me Ziko'. CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education, 2021; 75(1): 155-178. doi: 10.21608/opde.2021.208435
Code-switching & Identity Construction in 'Takh's' [Boom /Bang] 'Call Me Ziko'
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.