Arabic sociolinguistics : topics in diglossia, gender, identity, and politics / Reem Bassiouney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bassiouney, Reem, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics--Arab countries.

Sociolinguistics.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, [2009]

Summary:

"This is a second edition of Arabic Sociolinguistics, a well-regarded book on the sociolinguistics of Arabic that was published in 2009. It is a copub with Edinburgh University Press. Along with general updates for the entire book, more substantive changes include: * New chapter on critical sociolinguistics, a new subfield * Restructuring and expansion of chapters 1 and 2 * New sections on language variation and media and performance in chapter 3 * New sections on language policies in the Arab World, as well as the impact to language that political changes in the Middle East have had Bassiouney is a former GU professor and previous editor of Al-'Arabiyya"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Diglossia and dialect groups in the Arab world

Code-switching

Language variation and change

Arabic and gender

Language policy and politics

A critical approach to Arabic sociolinguistics.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781626167889

1626167885

OCLC:

1152059436