Arabic in the city: issues in dialect contact and language variation

Filling a gap in the literature currently available on the topic, this edited collection is the first examination of the interplay between urbanization, language variation and language change in fifteen major Arab cities. The Arab world presents very different types and degrees of urbanization, from...

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Contributors: Miller, Catherine 1955- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2008
In: Routledge Arabic linguistics series ([5])
Year: 2008
Series/Journal:Routledge Arabic linguistics series [5]
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Arabic language / Dialect / Sociolinguistics
B Arabic language / Stadtmundart
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Arabic Language Social aspects
B Urban dialects Arab countries
B Arabic Language Variation
B Languages in contact Arab countries
B Arabic Language Dialects
B Urban dialects (Arab countries)
B Languages in contact (Arab countries)
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