Diversity in language and identity in the unique Lebanon. (c2009)

Abstract

Lebanese people use language and identity variation to nourish the power of group communities and to nurture the non-solidarity of the whole nation. Language variation and identity variation of different group communities in the Lebanese society play a major role in fOiming a unique culture that is full of language use and ideology conflicts. In this paper, interviews, observations, and questionnaires are used to collect the data needed to investigate the Lebanese language variation due to identity issues. Examining the Lebanese sociolinguistic led to a deep understanding of the unique Lebanon. Lebanon is a mansion of many houses in which each house has its own banner that is different than the other. And though each house (group community) in Lebanon has his own history, memory and language, Lebanon will always be a possible unique culture which deserves to exist on the world's sociolinguistic map.