1st Edition
The Linguistic Landscape in Israel through Palestinian Eyes Observations, Critique, and Demands for Change
By Rawia Hayik
Copyright 2025
186 Pages
56 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
186 Pages
56 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book uses a sociolinguistic framework to explore how language serves as a marker of national identity in conflict zones, focusing on the dystopian representation of Arabic as a minority language in Israel through the perspectives of Israeli Palestinian students. Using a documentary photography research tool, PhotoVoice, minoritized college students from Northern Israel were invited to... Read more
Preface
Introduction
1) Background: Arabic in Israel
2) The Linguistic Landscape Reality in Israel
3) The Linguistic Landscape Reality in Israel through the Arab
4) Theoretical Framework
5) Methodology
6) Data analysis
6a) On official signs
6b) The Absence of Arabic from commercial signs produced by Arab business owners
6c) Religious signs
Conclusion
Biography
Rawia Hayik is a senior lecturer in and head of the English Department at Sakhnin Academic College for Teacher Education, Israel. She finished her PhD in the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department at Indiana University in the United States. Recently, she served as a visiting scholar in the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures department at UCLA, USA. Her research interests include critical pedagogies in the Palestinian–Israeli EFL classroom, multicultural children’s literature, the linguistic landscape, and professional identities of prospective English teachers.
