1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790591303321

Autore

Suleiman Yasir

Titolo

Arabic in the fray : language ideology and cultural politics / / Yasir Suleiman [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-7486-8034-9

0-7486-9392-0

0-7486-8031-4

0-7486-8032-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

EN 1620

Disciplina

306.440917/4927

Soggetti

Arabic language - History

Anthropological linguistics - Arab countries

Sociolinguistics - Arab countries

Language and culture - Arab countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTION AND LANGUAGE SYMBOLISM -- CHAPTER 2 (IN)IMITABILITY, (UN)TRANSLATABILITY AND INTER-GROUP STRIFE -- CHAPTER 3 FRAMING ARABIC: PARATEXTS, POETRY AND LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY -- CHAPTER 4 HYBRIDITY, LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY AND CULTURAL POLITICS -- CHAPTER 5 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: ARABIC, THOUGHT AND REALITY -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The pre-modern period saw a background of inter-ethnic strife among Arabs and non-Arabs, mainly Persians. Starting from the symbolic and cognitive roles of language, Yasir Suleiman shows how discussions about the inimitability and (un)translatability of the Qur'an in this period were, at some deep level, concerned with issues of ethnic election. In this respect, theology and ethnicity emerge as partners in theorising language. Staying within the symbolic role of language, Suleiman goes on to investigate the role of paratexts and literary production in disseminating language ideologies and in cultural



contestation. He shows how language symbolism is relevant to ideological debates about hybrid and cross-national literary production in the Arab milieu. In fact, language ideology appears to be everywhere, and a whole chapter is devoted to discussions of the cognitive role of language in linking thought to reality.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154886403321

Titolo

Saudi Arabia : : Selected Issues

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

9781475544282

1475544286

9781475544329

1475544324

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (74 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

IMF Staff Country Reports

Disciplina

338.06

Soggetti

Industrial productivity - Saudi Arabia

Economic development - Saudi Arabia

Labor market - Saudi Arabia

Banks and Banking

Financial Risk Management

Investments: Bonds

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Investments: General

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions

Privatization

Contracting Out

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures

Other Public Investment and Capital Stock

Energy: Demand and Supply

Prices

Public finance & taxation

Investment & securities



Labour

income economics

Government debt management

Sovereign bonds

Oil prices

Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)

Public financial management (PFM)

Economic sectors

Financial institutions

Debt management

Asset and liability management

Debts, Public

Bonds

Public-private sector cooperation

Income economics

Saudi Arabia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This Selected Issues paper discusses the options for financing the government fiscal deficit in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government is working to develop a comprehensive strategy to meet its budget financing needs. Although external borrowing could alleviate pressure on the domestic market, it will also create new risks. Reliance on foreign investors may help further enhance transparency. Foreign investors’ demand for diversification could also allow the Saudi government to enjoy attractive yields. Broadening the investor base and ensuring that the government’s debt issuance supports the development of the private debt market could help alleviate some of the negative economic and financial effects of higher government debt.