| Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic Contributor(s): Rouchdy, Aleya (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415567793 ISBN-13: 9780415567794 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | Arabic - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Series: Routledge Arabic Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 362 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book contains 17 studies by leading international scholars working on a wide range of topics in Arabic socio-linguistics, divided into four parts. The studies in Part 1 address questions of national language planning in a diglossic situation, with a particular focus on North Africa. Part 2 explores the relationship of identity and language choice in different Arabic-speaking communities living both within and outside the Arab World. Part 3 examines language choice in such diverse contexts as popular preaching, humour and Arab women's writing. Part 4 contains 5 papers in which variation, code-switching and generational language shift in the Arabic-language diaspora in Europe and the USA are the focus. The collection as a whole provides wide-ranging introduction to key areas of current research, which will be of interest to the general sociolinguist as well as the Arabic language specialist. |