Arabic Sociolinguistics: Topics in Diglossia, Gender, Identity, and Politics - Softcover

Bassiouney, Associate Professor Of Linguistics Reem

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589015738 ISBN 13: 9781589015739

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book provides an introduction to the field of Arabic sociolinguistics by presenting an overview of such major topics as diglossia, and dialect groups, code-switching, language variation and change, gender, and language policy and politics. Written for students and scholars of the Arabic language and linguistics and general sociolinguistics, Bassiouney explains various theoretical approaches and illustrates the usefulness and limitations of these approaches to Arabic using empirical data. She shows how sociolinguistic theories can be applied to Arabic and conversely, what the study of Arabic can contribute to our understanding of the functions of language in society.

About this title

Product Description:

Rare book

Review:

While there exist a number of undergraduate and graduate textbooks on the sociolinguistics of English, the current book focusing specifically on Arabic is to the best of my knowledge the first of its kind. Up-to-date and comprehensive, it is useful not only to students and researchers of Arabic, but also to all those who are interested in sociolinguistics in general.

--Language Policy

For those interested in the Arab situation from a sociolinguistic point of view, it seems indispensable. The enthusiasm of the author and the abundant and insightful examples make this a good book to be discovered by readers of traditional introductions into sociolinguistics, which, so this book demonstrates, have as their point of departure a western way of looking at things.

--Historical Sociolinguistics and Sociohistorical Linguistics

About this edition

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1589015738
• ISBN 13: 9781589015739
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336