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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