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 ex
Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic.
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- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 381
- Series
- Routledge Arabic linguistics series.
- Category
- Library
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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 Read more...
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Arabic language;Social aspects
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