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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452508103321

Titolo

Language contact and language conflict in Arabic : variations on a sociolinguistic theme / / edited by Aleya Rouchdy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-203-03721-9

1-283-88624-3

1-136-12218-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Routledge Arabic linguistics series

Altri autori (Persone)

RouchdyAleya

Disciplina

306.44089927

Soggetti

Arabic language - Social aspects

Languages in contact

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Diglossia and language planning -- pt. 2. Language and identity -- pt. 3. Language chaice -- pt. 4. Arabic in the diaspora.

Sommario/riassunto

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,