Arabic sociolinguistics : issues & perspectives

Author(s)

• Suleiman, Yasir

Bibliographic Information

Arabic sociolinguistics : issues & perspectives

edited by Yasir Suleiman

Curzon Press, 1994

Note

Includes bibliographies

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A coherent and stimulating survey of current research.

Table of Contents

• One: Identity and Loyalty
• 1: Nationalism and the Arabic Language: An Historical Overview *
• 2: Algeria: Language, Nation and State
• 3: Language Loyalty: The Case of Algerian Immigrants' Children in France
• 4: Discriminating Texts: Orthographic Marking and Social Differentiation in the Court Records of Ottoman Damascus
• Two: Aspects of Linguistic Behaviour
• 5: "What's in a Name?": Women in Egyptian Obituaries *
• 6: Generations of Change in Name-Giving
• 7: Talking to Machines in Arabic
• 8: The Metalinguistic Joke: Sociolinguistic Dimensions of an Arabic Folk Genre
• Three: Varieties and Variation
• 9: Speaking Fu??? in Cairo: the Role of the Ending Vowels
• 10: Attitudinal Reactions to Language Change in an Urban Setting
• 11: The Situation Of Arabic In Israel
• Four: Theoretical Issues
• 12: On the Definition of Dialect with Reference to Yemeni Dialects of Arabic
• 13: Medieval Arabic as a Form of 'Social Contract', with Special Reference to Ibn-Hish?m's Mughn? Al-Lab?b * .

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA24700226
• ISBN:
  • 0700703071
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Richmond, Surrey
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 273 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 492.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Arabic language -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Sociolinguistics
  • LCSH : Sociolinguistics -- Arab countries
  • LCSH : Language and culture -- Arab countries
  • LCSH : Arabic language -- Dialects