| Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic Contributor(s): Rouchdy, Aleya (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0700713794 ISBN-13: 9780700713790 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: Introduces a variety of research topics on the theme of language contact. The articles investigate language contact and conflict issues across the full range of Arabic as it is used both in the Arabic world and in the diaspora. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Social Science | Regional Studies - Foreign Language Study | Arabic |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Series: Curzon Arabic Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.48" W x 9.36" (1.52 lbs) 384 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. |