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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826266903321

Titolo

Arabic and the media [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic analyses and applications / / edited by Reem Bassiouney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-283-11951-X

9786613119513

90-04-18761-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, , 0081-8461 ; ; v. 57

Altri autori (Persone)

BassiouneyReem <1973->

Disciplina

492.701/41

Soggetti

Mass media and language - Arab countries

Diglossia (Linguistics) - Arab countries

Code switching (Linguistics) - Arab countries

Arabic language - Discourse analysis

Arabic language - Variation

Arabic language - Rhetoric

Arabic language - Usage

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. Newspaper language -- pt. 2. Arabic variation and the media -- pt. 3. Applications : approaching media in the classroom.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is the first of its kind to deal with a variety of topics by leading scholars related to the use of Arabic in the media. The contributors examine patterns of language use in traditional as well as 'new' media types, in order to further our understanding of the mechanism at work in the development of modern Arabic, both in its standard and colloquial varieties. The first part of this volume is devoted to a close analysis of various aspects of media Arabic (code-switching, language variation, orthography and constructions of identity); the second part builds on the first, as it asks, to what extent does the Arabic used in the media reflect social and linguistic realities of Arabic speaking audiences (‘clichéd’ dialects, code-switching and socialects)? How can our knowledge of the linguistic reality of the



media in the Arab world contribute to teaching the media to foreign students learning Arabic?