Arabic Sociolinguistics Issues and Perspectives

Name: Arabic Sociolinguistics Issues and Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780700703074

ISBN-10: 0700703071

ISBN-13: 9780700703074

Edition: 1995

Authors: Yasir Suleiman

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Book details

List price: $215.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/17/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 5.71" wide x 8.66" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Names of Contributors


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Nationalism and the Arabic Language: A Historical Overview




Algeria: Language, Nation and State




Language Loyalty: The Case of Algerian Immigrants' Children in France




Discriminating Texts: Orthographic Marking and Social Differentiation in the Court Records of Ottoman Damascus




"What's in a Name?": Women in Egyptian




Generations of Change in Name-Giving




Talking to Machines in Arabic




The Metalinguistic Joke: Sociolinguistic Dimensions of An Arab Folk Genre




Speaking Fusha in Cairo: The Role of the Ending Vowels




Attitudinal Reactions to Language Change in an Urban Setting




The Situation of Arabic in Israel




On the Definition of Dialect with reference to Yemeni Dialects of Arabic




Medieval Arabic as a Form of 'Social Contract', with special reference to Ibn Hisham's Mughni al-Labib