Aspects of language variation in Arabic political speech-making

Author(s)

    • Mazraani, Nathalie

Bibliographic Information

Aspects of language variation in Arabic political speech-making

Nathalie Mazraani

Curzon Press, 1997

Available at  / 8 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This socio-linguistic study throws new light on variation and the defining of register in Arabic political discourse. The research is based on three dialects (Egyptian, Iraqi and Libyan) and on political speeches delivered by Gamal Abdunnasir, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Al Gadhdhafi.

Table of Contents

  • The sociolinguistic framework
  • methodology
  • form and function in the Egyptian data
  • form and function in the Iraqi data
  • form and function in the Libyan data
  • forms and functions - shared tendencies in the data
  • the political speech as a textual genre.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top