Profile
She graduated from King Abdulaziz University with a BA in English language and literature in 1988. Following her graduation, she was appointed as a teaching assistant at the Department of the European Languages and Literature in 1989. She obtained her MA in Linguistics from King Abdulaziz University in 1998. She subsequently had her PHD at the University of Essex,UK. Her doctoral thesis is on dialect contact and patterns of sociolinguistic variation in the city of Jeddah. Her research interests are in the area of language variation and change in dialect contact zones especially within the Arabian Peninsula. She is also interested in other areas of the sociolinguistic research including multilingualism, and language maintenance .
Education
- 1988
Bachelor degree from The Department of European LanThe college of Arts and Humani, King Abdulaziz Univrersity, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 1998
Master degree from The Department of European LanCollege of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulazi University, جد ة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2008
Doctorate degree from The Department of Language and LinguisticsThe School of Social Sciences, The University of Essex, Essex, بريطانيا
Employment
- 1989-حاليا
Associate Pofessor of Linguistics, King Abdul-Aziz University, , المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2012-حاليا
Vice Chair of European Languages Drpartment , King Abdukaziz University, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية
Research Interests
My research interests are in the area of language variation and change in dialect contact zones especially within the Arabian Peninsula. I am also interested in other areas of the sociolinguistic research including multilingualism, and language maintenance and shift.
Scientific interests
socioliguistics: language variation and change, dialect contact especially within the Arabian Peninsula, and the Arab world. I am also interested in multlingulaism.
Courses
| Seminar in Linguistics |
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| Sociolinguistics |
422 |
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| ٍٍSociolinguistics |
626 |
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