Politics and sociolinguistic reflexes : Palestinian border villages / Muhammad Hasan Amara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amara, Muhammad.

Series:

Studies in bilingualism ; v. 19.

Studies in bilingualism, 0928-1533 ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics--West Bank.

Sociolinguistics.

Sociolinguistics--Israel.

Palestinian Arabs--Languages.

Palestinian Arabs.

Language and languages--Political aspects.

Language and languages.

Languages in contact--West Bank.

Languages in contact.

Languages in contact--Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This sociolinguistic study describes and analyzes an Israeli Palestinian border village in the Little Triangle and another village artificially divided between Israel and the West Bank, tracing the political transformations that they have undergone, and the accompanying social and cultural changes. These political, social and cultural forces have resulted in distinctive sociolinguistic patterns.The primary explanation offered for the persisting linguistic frontier found in rural Palestinian communities is the continuing social, political, economic and cultural differences between Palesti

Contents:

POLITICS AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC REFLEXES; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface; List of Tables; List of Figures and Maps; CHAPTER 1. Politics and Sociolinguistic reflexes; CHAPTER 2. Political Changes and Socio-demographic Reflections; CHAPTER 3. Networks of Contact and Communication; CHAPTER 4. Political Economy; CHAPTER 5. Education as an Agent of Change; CHAPTER 6. Politics: The Palestinian Intifada; CHAPTER 7. The Language Situation; CHAPTER 8. Exploratory Studies of Natural Speech; CHAPTER 9. Phonological and Morphological Variation

CHAPTER 10. Lexical Variation: Integration and Diffusion StudiesCHAPTER 11. Language Attitudes; CHAPTER 12. Speech Accommodation and Variation; CHAPTER 13. Demography, Identity and Language: Tying the Links; CHAPTER 14. Epilogue; Bibliography; Appendices; Glossary; Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-16308-6

9786612163081

90-272-9886-6

OCLC:

70766195