English Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Publication Source

World Englishes

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the historical presence of foreign languages in Lebanon, focusing on language contact from the eighteenth century to date. Through sociolinguistic profiling, the paper describes the users and uses of English, as well as Lebanese attitudes towards English. The article begins by offering a general overview of the country, its languages and cultures, and its ethnic and religious groups. It presents a description of users of English along with a characterization of how the interpersonal, instrumental, regulative, and innovative functions of the language are manifested, while the final section of the article discusses attitudes to English in Lebanese society.

Inclusive pages

684-704

ISBN/ISSN

0883-2919

Document Version

Postprint

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The document available for download is the author's accepted manuscript, provided in compliance with the publisher's policy on self-archiving. Permission documentation is on file. To view the version of record, use the DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12262

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Volume

36

Issue

4

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