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DESCRIPTION: My thesis investigates the influence of diaspora languages o
 n contemporary German\, with particular attention to Arabic\, in the con
 text of the migration processes that have shaped Germany over the past t
 hree decades. The first part focuses on Kiezdeutsch\, drawing on socioli
 nguistic research that conceptualizes it as a multi-ethnolectal variety 
 of German\, rather than an impoverishment of the standard language. Part
 icular attention is given to KiDKo\, a digital corpus documenting instan
 ces of Kiezdeutsch in both monolingual and multilingual urban contexts. 
 Kiezdeutsch is approached here as a communicative resource serving diffe
 rent social functions: as a Kontaktsprache also used by speakers without
  a migrant background\, as a Jugendsprache to distance oneself from  adu
 lt speakers\, and as a means of negotiating boundaries between categorie
 s such as Deutscher and Ausländer. \nThe second part examines Migrant Hi
 p Hop and its subsequent development into German Gangsta Rap as cultural
  and linguistic spaces in which contact between German and minority lang
 uages becomes particularly visible. It focuses on the use of minority la
 nguages as markers of identity and as resources for self-representation 
 and self-narration.\nLastly\, the thesis analyses the lyrics of five son
 gs\, predominantly in German but containing varying numbers of Arabic lo
 anwords and expressions. The analysis identifies five main pragmatic fun
 ctions of Arabic: everyday and culturally specific vocabulary\; expressi
 ons of affection and solidarity\; religious expressions\; interjections\
 ; and vocabulary associated with criminal activity. These findings sugge
 st that Arabic elements in German rap function not merely as lexical bor
 rowings\, but as flexible linguistic resources through which speakers ex
 press affect\, cultural affiliation\, social relationships\, and several
  other aspects of identity.\n\n\n
URL:https://talks.stuts.de/en/stuts80/public/events/1587
SUMMARY:Between Arabic and German: linguistic contact and identity in Ger
 man Gangsta Rap 
ORGANIZER:stuts80
LOCATION:stuts80 - S 22 
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