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The pre-modern period saw a background of inter-ethnic strife among Arabs and non-Arabs, mainly Persians. Starting from the symbolic and cognitive roles of language, the author shows how discussions about the inimitability and (un)translatability of the Qur'an in this period were, at some deep level, concerned with issues of ethnic election.

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Language Construction and Language Symbolism; 2. (In)imitability, (un)translatability and Intergroup Strife; 3. Framing Arabic: Paratext, Poetry and Language Ideology; 4. Hybridity, Language and Cultural Politics; 5. Through the Looking Glass: Arabic, Thought and Reality; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Arabic in the Fray

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 31 July 2013
      ISBN-13 9780748680313
      978-0748680313
      ISBN-10 0748680314
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      Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The pre-modern period saw a background of inter-ethnic strife among Arabs and non-Arabs, mainly Persians. Starting from the symbolic and cognitive roles of language, the author shows how discussions about the inimitability and (un)translatability of the Qur'an in this period were, at some deep level, concerned with issues of ethnic election.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Language Construction and Language Symbolism; 2. (In)imitability, (un)translatability and Intergroup Strife; 3. Framing Arabic: Paratext, Poetry and Language Ideology; 4. Hybridity, Language and Cultural Politics; 5. Through the Looking Glass: Arabic, Thought and Reality; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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