Browsing by Subject "Ethnography"

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    • Blue-collar workplace communicative practices: a case study in construction sites in Qatar 

      Theodoropoulou, Irene ( Springer Netherlands , 2019 , Article)
      The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the role of language in multilingual blue-collar workplaces by investigating how communication is realized in construction sites in Qatar. The State of Qatar ...

    • Sociolinguistic anatomy of mobility: Evidence from Qatar 

      Theodoropoulou, Irene ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)
      Abstract This is a sociocultural linguistic study on the ways whereby mobility is reflected upon in life narratives. An ethnographically informed sociolinguistic scale analysis shows that when residents narrate their life ...

    • Yemen's Tribal Idiom: An Ethno-Historical Survey of Genealogical Models 

      Varisco, Daniel Martin ( Oxford University Press (OUP) , 2017 , Article)
      The notion of an Arab tribe has been widely debated by anthropologists and historians. Whatever its relevance in specific social and historical contexts, it often serves as idiom of alleged genealogical descent. Arab ...