Arabic in the City: Issues in Dialect Contact and Language Variation (Routledge Arabic Linguistics) (Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series)

by Catherine Miller (Editor), JanetC.E.Watson (Editor), EnamAl-Wer (Editor), Dominique Caubet (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $155.83

  Examines of the interplay between urbanization, language variation and language change in fifteen major Arab cities. This book investigates topics such as: history of settlement; the linguistic impact of migration; the emergence of urban vernaculars; dialect convergence and divergence; and, code-switching, youth language and urban culture.