Abstract
This chapter provides an analysis of code-switching (alternating between languages in a single conversation) on the Harrissa.com website. The Harissa website is aimed at Tunisian Jews in the Diaspora from Tunisia, the ‘Tunes’. It is a virtual space for discussions, encounters, exchanges and memories. This study discusses the use of code-switching in the representation of Tunisian-Jewish diaspora identities. It contends that the website is a memorial site where Tunisian-Jews revisit their past and where code-switching becomes an part of the symbolic representation of the flexible identities in constant re-invention among the 'Tunes' of today.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Code-switching, languages in contact and electronic writings |
| Editors | F. Laroussi |
| Place of Publication | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Publisher | Peter Lang |
| Pages | 15-31 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783631609101 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2011 |
Keywords
- Code-switching
- electronic writing
- Tunisian Jews
- identity