Jordanian Arabic between diglossia and bilingualism : linguistic analysis / Saleh M. Suleiman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suleiman, Saleh Mahmoud Khalil.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; 6:8.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; 6:8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Jordan.

Arabic language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Suleiman provides a linguistic analysis of Jordanian Arabic spoken by educated groups and in particular by students at Yarmouk University. He investigates the extent to which spoken Jordanian Arabic is affected by the classical-colloquial dichotomy (i.e. the extent to which diglossia is involved). In addition, the influence of language contact between English and Arabic is studied (with reference to code-switching, interference and integration) by comparing the linguistic repertoire of Yarmouk students (where English is often used as a medium of instruction) with that of students at other Arab

Contents:

JORDANIAN ARABIC BETWEEN DIGLOSSIA AND BILINGUALISM: LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; LIST OF VARIANT SYMBOLS; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Statement of purpose; 1.2 Definitions; 1.2.1 Broadening the definition; 1.2.2 Variation in definitions; 1.3 Theory: Linguistic variation; 1.3.1 The structuralist view; 1.3.2 The descriptive view; 1.4 Arabic diglossia; 1.4.1 Morpho-Syntax; 1.4.2 Phonology; 1.4.3 The phonological system of Jordanian Arabic: Main inventory; 1.5 Lexicon; 2. SCOPE, AIM, HYPOTHESIS, AND METHODOLOGY; 2.1 Scope

3.8.3.2 More on word order in Arabic 3.8.3.3 Verb deletion in the coordinate clause; 3.9 A general overview of the language situation: Domains of use; 3.9.1 Modern Standard Arabic; 3.9.2 Domains of Classical Arabic; 3.10 The language situation among Yarmouk students; 3.11 The KA of Yarmouk students; 3.11.1 The Madani variety; 3.11.2 The Fallahi variety; 3.11.3 The Bedouin variety; 3.11.3.1 The current status of the Bedouin variety; 3.11.4 An overall evaluation of Colloquial Arabic (KA); 3.12 The non-linguistic variables; 3.12.1 Geographical area; 3.12.2 Sex

4. JORDANIAN ARABIC AND THE STATE OF BILINGUALISM 4.1 Theoretical preliminaries of bilingualism; 4.2 Code-switching; 4.3 Interference; 4.3.1 Interlingual interference and language convergen; 4.3.2 Structure as a determinant of interference; 4.3.3 The non-linguistic causes of interference; 4.3.4 Interference, language contact, and cultural contact; 4.4 Integration; 4.5 Language contact; 4.6 Linguistic analysis; 4.7 Contrastive analysis; 4.8 Data analysis; 4.8.1 Phonemic substitution; 4.8.2 Consonants; 4.8.2.1 Under-differentiation; 4.8.2.2 Over-differentiation; 4.8.3 Vowels

4.9 Orthographic interference 4.10 Vowel reduction; 4.11 Diphthongs; 4.12 Stress; 4.13 Theoretical implications of linguistic borrowing; 4.14 Language mixture; 4.15 Reasons for lexical borrowing; 4.16 The linguistic influence of English on Arabic: Historical background; 4.17 Listing of English loanwords; 4.18 The significance of lexical borrowing from English; 4.19 The phonology of loanwords; 4.20 Morphological treatment of loanwords; 4.21 Loanshifts; 1. Loanshift Extensions; 2. Loanshift creation; 3. Loan translation; 4. Loan renditions; 5. Loanblends; 4.22 Influence from other languages; 4.23 Classification of loanwords according to domains

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-35912-X

9786613359124

90-272-7956-X

OCLC:

769342205