Language, Ideology and Sociopolitical Change in the Arabic-Speaking World: A Study of the Discourse of Arabic Language Academies

ISBN-13: 9781474449953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str.

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Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Arabic Language Academy Phenomenon
The Arabic Language Academy Phenomenon Is Pan-Arab
Arabic Language Academies between Pan-Arab and Territorial-State Nationalisms
Arabic Language Academies, Territoriality and Sovereignty
Arabic Language Academies, Coloniality and Peripherality
The Arabic Language Academy Phenomenon Is a Form of Language Planning and Language Policy
The Arabic Language Academy Phenomenon Is Symbolic
The Arabic Language Academy Phenomenon Is Discursive
3. Arabic Diglossia and Arab Nationalisms
Diglossia as a Sociolinguistic Problem in Western Academia
Diglossia as a Problem in the Arabic Language Academy Discourse
Fu??? and ??mmiyya as Organisms
Fu??? and ??mmiyya as Instruments and Resources
Fu??? and ??mmiyya as National Symbols
Eliminating Arabic Diglossia
Arabic Diglossia, Pan-Arab Nationalism and Territorial-State Nationalisms
4. Arabi(ci)sation and Counter-Peripheralisation
Introduction: Arabi(ci)sation and Peripherality
Inter-Language Relations and Arabi(ci)sation
Conceptualising Arabi(ci)sation in the Discourse of Arabic Language Academies
Inalienability between Arabic and the Arab People
Domination, Subordination and Equilibrium in Inter-Language Relations
Corpus and Status Arabicisation in the Discourse of Arabic Language Academies
Corpus Arabicisation: Compounding
Status Arabicisation: Language-in-Education
Conclusion: Arabi(ci)sation as Symbolic Resistance and Symbolic Compensation
5. Language Modernisation between Self and the Other
Modernity and Modernisation between Self and the Other
‘Catching up with Modern Requirements’ versus ‘Revival and Reform’
Modernising the Arabic Language: A History of Conceptual Formation
Modernisation between Catch-up and Renaissance
Modernisation between Holistic Revival/Reform and Cosmetic Change
Leaning towards Endogenous Modernisation
Dilemma, Dignity and Universalism of Arabic
Critical Reflections on Modernity and Authenticity
Cultural Invasion and Comprehensive Development
Conclusion: Reviving the Arab Nation and Counterbalancing the West
6. Conclusion: The Ideologisation of Language via Language Symbolism
Characteristics of the ideologisation of language via language symbolism
Effects of the ideologisation of language via language symbolism
Causes of the ideologisation of language via language symbolism
Script Romanisation in China and the Arabic-Speaking World
Prevalence of the ideologisation of language via language symbolism
Bibliography
Journals and Minutes of Arabic Language Academies until 2000
Works and Interviews in Arabic Cited in the Book
Works in Other Languages Cited in the Book
Appendix: A Glossary of the Discourse of Arabic Language Academies