Arabic in the City : Issues in Dialect Contact and Language Variation

ISBN-13: 9780415773119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 354 str.

Mille Catherine

Opis

Filling a gap in the dearth of literature currently available on the topic, this edited collection, containing a broad selection of case studies from across the Arab world, covers an important strand of sociolinguistics; exmaining how urbanization is causing language change in major Arab cities.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Arabic Urban Vernaculars: Development and Changes Catherine Miller  Part 1: Migration, Urbanization and Language Change  2. The (R)urbanisation of Mauritania: Historical Context and Contemporary Developments Catherine Taine Cheikh  3. The Formation of the Dialect of Amman: From Chaos to Order Enam Al-Wer  4. Urbanization and Dialect Change: The Arabic Dialect of Tripoli (Libya) Christophe Pereira  5. Becoming Casablancan: Fessis in Casablanca as a Case Study Atiqa Hachimi  6. Two Cases of Moroccan Arabic in the Diaspora Angeles Vicente  Part 2: Urban Vernaculars: Convergence and Divergence  7. Greetings in Beirut: Social Distribution and Attitudes towards Different Formulae Marie Aymee Germanos  8. Linguistic Levelling in Sanƒ ani Arabic as Reflected in a Popular Radio Serial Janet Watson  9. The Urban and Suburban Modes: Patterns of Linguistic Variation and Change in Damascus Hanadi Ismail  10. Segmental and Prosodic Aspects of Ksar el Kebir's Neo-Urban Variety  Mohamed Embarki  11. The Use of Kashkasha/kaskasa and Alternative Means among Educated Urban Saudi Speakers Munira Al-Azraki  Part 3: Multilibualism, Codeswitching and New Urban Cultures  12. Close Encounters of a Different Kind: Two Types of Insertion in Nigerian Arabic Codeswitching Jonathan Owens  13. Development and Linguistic Change in Moroccan Arabic-French Codeswitching Karima Ziamari  14. The Language of Cairo’s Young University Students Sherin Rizk  15. Rap and Rappers in Nouakchott (Mauritania) Aline Tauzin  16. Uses and Attitudes towards Hassaniyya Language among Nouakchott’s Negro-Mauritanian Population Alassane Dia