Language and Change in the Arab Middle East

Language and Change in the Arab Middle East
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9780195041408
ISBN-13 : 0195041402
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Book Synopsis Language and Change in the Arab Middle East by : Ami Ayalon

Download or read book Language and Change in the Arab Middle East written by Ami Ayalon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of the rise of modern Arabic, Ayalon examines 19th-century linguistic change in the Eastern Arab world, describing how the language responded to the infiltration of Western politics, technology, and culture. Focusing on the realm of political discourse, Ayalon looks at a wide array of evidence--local chronicles, travel accounts, translations of European writings, Arab political treatises, newspapers and periodicals, and dictionaries--to show how shifts in the color, tone, and meaning of the Arab vocabulary reflected a new socio-political and cultural reality.


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