الفهرس 
ch1 : IntroductoryOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
 |  | from | 234 |  |  |
| | | from | 234 | | |
Abstract
After I tackled the process of borrowing froln English into Cairo
spoken Arabic and froin Arabic into English, Iconclude that the
function of the English loans used in Cairo spoken Arabic differs
fronl that of the’ Arabic loans used in English. In Cairo spoken
Arabic, the English ·loans function as a sociallnarker of celiain
group nleinbers, a sign of politeness , and sOinetiines as an
indicator of the high socioeconoinic status of their users. As for
the function of the Arabic loans used in English, one notices that
it is governed by the context in which these loans are used” i.e. in
the religious context. The Arabic loans are regarded as stereotypes
of Muslims, patiicularly of those who live in Britain and in the
United States as minority communities . Again, they mark the
social activities of Muslims practised on a religious basis such as
”Zakat” and ”Eid”.
Another function of the Arabic loans is related to ethnicity,
since these loans are usually used to describe people who are
originally non-British or non-American. As for loans used in the
political context, one notices that they have connotations simply
because they are ”loaded” with offensive ideas against the East and
against Islanl.