Language and Society in the Middle East and North Africa e-bog
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This book investigates issues of central importance in understanding the role of language in society in the Middle East and North Africa. In particular, it covers issues of collective identity and variation as they relate to Arabic, Berber, English, Persian and Turkish in the fields of gender, national affiliation, the debate over authenticity and modernity, language reforms and language legisl...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
19 december 2013
Længde
290 sider
Genrer
1FB
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781317849384
This book investigates issues of central importance in understanding the role of language in society in the Middle East and North Africa. In particular, it covers issues of collective identity and variation as they relate to Arabic, Berber, English, Persian and Turkish in the fields of gender, national affiliation, the debate over authenticity and modernity, language reforms and language legislation. In addition, the book investigates how some of these issues are realized in the diaspora at both the micro and macro levels.