Barontini Alexandrine

Barontini Alexandrine is a Lecturer at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), specializing in Moroccan Arabic dialectology and sociolinguistics, with a focus on cultural and linguistic anthropology. She is affiliated with the CNU Discipline 15, which covers Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew languages and literatures, and other linguistic fields.

• Key research areas: Sociolinguistics, Arabic dialectology, cultural anthropology, language transmission, diaspora studies, and sociocultural variation.
• Departmental focus: Arabic studies.

Research themes include language and cultural practices, representations of Arabic speakers in diasporas, and mechanisms of linguistic variation and accommodation. She serves as Deputy Director of the LACNAD research team, which aligns with her work in cultural and linguistic anthropology.