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Arabic in the City - Issues in Dialect Contact and Language Variation (Hardcover)
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Arabic in the City - Issues in Dialect Contact and Language Variation (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series
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Filling a gap in the literature currently available on the topic,
this edited collection is the first examination of the interplay
between urbanization, language variation and language change in
fifteen major Arab cities. The Arab world presents very different
types and degrees of urbanization, from well established old
capital-cities such as Cairo to new emerging capital-cities such as
Amman or Nouakchott, these in turn embedded in different types of
national construction. It is these urban settings which raise
questions concerning the dynamics of homogenization/differentiation
and the processes of standardization due to the coexistence of
competing linguistic models. Topics investigated include: History
of settlement The linguistic impact of migration The emergence of
new urban vernaculars Dialect convergence and divergence
Code-switching, youth language and new urban culture Arabic in the
Diaspora Arabic among non-Arab groups. Containing a broad selection
of case studies from across the Arab world and featuring
contributions from leading urban sociolinguistics and
dialectologists, this book presents a fresh approach to our
understanding of the interaction between language, society and
space. As such, the book will appeal to the linguist as well as to
the social scientist in general.
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