The Cambridge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9781108417303 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 650 str.

Opis

A state-of-the-art survey of Arabic linguistics, covering both traditional and modern topics and pioneering studies of new Arabic media.

Recenzje

'The Cambridge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics hosts very important theoretical and empirical contributions to Arabic linguistics. … This volume is a valuable and thought-provoking companion, not only for students and academics who wish to engage in discussions about different subjects pertaining to Arabic linguistics, but also for all the Arabic language enthusiasts, as well as for teachers, writers, translators, and social media users.' Myriam Dali, Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics

Spis treści

Introduction and Chapter Summaries Karin Ryding and David Wilmsen; Part I. Arabic Applied Linguistics: 1. Arabic Applied Linguistics Mohammad Alhawary; 2. Language Planning in the Arab World Hussein Elkhafaifi; 3. The Study of Arabic Language Acquisition Karen Froud and Reem Khamis-Dakwar; 4. Issues in Arabic Language Testing and Assessment Michael Raish; 5. Arabic Study Abroad: Critical Contextualization and Research-based Interventions Emma Trentman; 6. Models of Arabic Pronunciation Kassem Wahba; Part II. Arabic Variation and Sociolinguistics: 7. Diglossia, Variation, and Structural Complexity Samira Farwaneh; 8. Sociolinguistic Variation and Variation in Sociolinguistics Uri Horesh; 9. What is Formal Spoken Arabic? Gunvor Mejdell; 10. Arabic Dialectology Stephan Procházka; 11. Maltese: A Peripheral Dialect in the Historical Dialectology of Arabic David Wilmsen; Part III. Theoretical and Descriptive Studies: 12. Grammaticalization in Arabic Mohssen Esseesy; 13. Arabic and Onomastics Terrence Potter; 14. The Intonation of Arabic Khaled Rifaat; 15. Case in Arabic Karin Ryding; 16. On Arabic Morphosyntax within the Theory of Generative Grammar Usama Soltan; 17. Arabic Morphology: Inflectional and Derivational Janet Watson; Part IV. Arabic Computational and Corpus Linguistics: 18. Arabic Computational Linguistics Nizar Habash; 19. Arabic Corpus Linguistics and Related Tools: An Overview and Some Critical Observations Mark Van Mol; 20. The Utility of Arabic Corpus Linguistics Mai Zaki, David Wilmsen and Dana Abdulrahim; Part V. Arabic Linguistics and New Media Studies: 21. Language Policy and the Arabic Localization of Twitter Amy Johnson; 22. Variation and Social Change on Syrian Dissidents' Social Media Francesco Sinatora; Part VI. Arabic Linguistics in Literature and Translation: 23. Vernacular Varieties in Recent Arabic Literature Eva Håland; 24. Stylistics and Translation: A Corpus-based Case Study of English-Arabic Demonstratives Mai Zaki.