Sandy Habib
List of John Benjamins publications in which Sandy Habib is involved.
2026 Loan words can cause intercultural miscommunication: The case of Hebrew shahid Pragmatics 36:1, pp. 89–108 | Article
This paper explores the semantics and pragmatics of the Hebrew word shahid (שהיד). Because this word was borrowed from Arabic, its meaning is compared to that of Arabic shahīd (شهيد) ‘roughly, martyr.’ Using corpus analysis and the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) method, the meaning of the… read more
2025 Talking about the deceased in the Jish linguaculture: A semantic and pragmatic analysis Pragmatics and Society 16:2, pp. 201–225 | Article
This paper has aimed to look into the terms and expressions used in the Jish linguaculture when talking about the deceased. Seventeen such terms and expressions are presented, discussed, and explicated using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach. The explications appear in simple,… read more
2024 Chapter 9. Alla yustur: Danger-thwarting divine interjectional phrases in Jish Arabic The Cultural Pragmatics of Danger: Cross-linguistic perspectives, Levisen, Carsten and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 175–193 | Chapter
This paper has aimed to explore the semantics and pragmatics of eight interjectional phrases used in Jish, a small Arabic-speaking town in northern Israel. These interjectional phrases have two characteristics in common. First, each of them includes the word alla ‘God’ or ṣalīb ‘cross,’ and… read more
2022 The Ethnopragmatics of Jish Arabic-speaking culture Pragmatics and Society 13:1, pp. 67–84 | Article
The aim of this paper is to describe five speech practices employed by Jish Arabic speakers: greeting a passerby, forms of address, necessary expressions when talking about death, necessary expressions when praising someone, and necessary expressions when mentioning entities of “low” value.… read more
2008 The systematization and typology of the instant messaging writing system used by young Israeli Arabs Written Language & Literacy 11:1, pp. 35–48 | Article
This study investigates a new writing system based on the Roman script that has been used by Israeli Arabs in Israel for about ten years. This system is associated with instant messaging (IM); people usually use it when sending SMSs or when utilizing any of the computer-mediated communication… read more