About Me

PhD in sociolinguistics from The University of Manchester 2015

Thesis titled "Motivations Behind Code-switching among Kuwaiti Bilingual Students"

MA in Linguistics from University College London 2010

Thesis titled "/q/ Variations in Hadari Kuwaiti Arabic"

BA (Hons.) in English Language and Literature from Kuwait University 2004

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Language contact phenomena in Kuwait, such as code-switching and borrowing

- Language development and change (Modern Kuwaiti Arabic)

- Language Documentation (Modern

Kuwaiti Arabic)

- The effect of social media on L1 & L2