Identity salience, change and stability in Amman

Authors

  • Rand Muen Qaddoumi Qasid Arabic Institute
  • Aseel Zibin University of Jordan
  • Marwan Jarrah University of Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/1825-263X/7727

Abstract

This study investigates identity salience of four types of identities; national, religious, cultural and global, for Ammani people in view of the post-structuralist perspective on identity (Baxter 2016). It also examines the extent to which age, gender and the social context affect identity change and stability in light of Communication Accommodation Theory (Giles et al. 2012). The analysis of the data reveals that the most salient identity for the participants is the religious identity for both genders and all age groups, except in certain circumstances namely traveling, where national identity was shown to be the most salient. Gender and age play an important role in the extent to which each group attaches itself to each type of identity and the way they view these attachments. The results suggest that Amman could be witnessing a change in its identity construction and the way its people express their identity.

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Author Biographies

Rand Muen Qaddoumi, Qasid Arabic Institute

Rand Muen Qaddoumi is Instructor of Arabic Language to non-native speakers at Qasid Arabic Institute, Amman, Jordan. She obtained her Masters in Language, Culture and Communication from University of Jordan. She is mainly interested in pragmatics and sociolinguistics.

She can be contacted at: r.qaddoumi@qasid.com

Aseel Zibin, University of Jordan

Aseel Zibin is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. She obtained her PhD in Linguistics/Cognitive Semantics from Newcastle University, UK. She is mainly interested in cognitive semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and second language acquisition.

She can be contacted at: a.zabin@ju.edu.jo

Marwan Jarrah, University of Jordan

Marwan Jarrah is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. He obtained his PhD in Linguistics/Syntax from Newcastle University, UK. He is mainly interested in generative linguistics, syntax, pragmatics and sociolinguistics.

He can be contacted at: m.jarrah@ju.edu.jo

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Published

2023-06-07

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2023): Kervan 27, 2023

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