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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics introduces readers to the major facets of research on Arabic and of the linguistic situation in the Arabic-speaking world.
The edited collection includes chapters from prominent experts on various fields of Arabic linguistics. The contributors provide overviews of the state of the art in their field and specifically focus on ideas and issues. Not simply an overview of the field, this handbook explores subjects in great depth and from multiple perspectives.
In addition to the traditional areas of Arabic linguistics, the handbook covers computational approaches to Arabic, Arabic in the diaspora, neurolinguistic approaches to Arabic, and Arabic as a global language.
The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics is a much-needed resource for researchers on Arabic and comparative linguistics, syntax, morphology, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and ap
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'...this handbook can be considered a useful and even essential tool for those approaching linguistics or the Arabic language and community. Scholars and experts in the field should definitely read it.'
-- de Pompeis, S. (2020), Sociolinguistic Studies, 13(2-4), 399–405. https://doi.org/10.1558/sols.38502
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction
Bassiouney and Benmamoun
Part I Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
1. Arabic Phonology, Eiman Mustafawi
2. Syllable Structure in the Dialects of Arabic, Ellen Broselow
3. Pharyngeal and Emphatic Consonants, Ryan K. Shosted, Maojing Fu, and Zainab Hermes
4. Stems in Arabic Morphology and Phonology, Adamantios Gafos
Part II Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics
5. The Syntax of Tense in Arabic, Hamid Ouali
6. Negative Sensitive Items, Ahmad Al-Qassas
7. Resumption, Lina Choueiri
8. Personal Datives in Lebanese Arabic, Youssef Haddad
9. Arabic Semantics, Peter Hallman
10. Arabic Functional Linguistics, Ahmed Moutaouakil
Part III Experimental and Computational Approaches
11. First Language Acquisition of Arabic, Abdulkafi Albirini
12. Neurophysiological investigations in studies of Arabic linguistics: The case of Arabic diglossia, Reem Khamis-Dakwar and Karen Froud
13. Arabic Heritage Speakers in the US, Abdulkafi Albirini
14. Experimental Data and Arabic Morphology, Ali Idrissi
15. Arabic Speech and Language Technology, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Mohamed Elmahdy, and Eiman Mustafawi
Part IV History, Contact, and Variation
16. Arabic and the other Semitic Languages, Ahmad Al-Jallad
17. Diglossia, Gunver Mejdell
18. An Alternative Approach: Understanding Diglossia/Code-switching Through Indexicality: The Case of Egypt, Reem Bassiouney
19. Patterns of Variation and Change in the Arab World, Angeles Vicente
20. Social Status, Language and Society in the Arab World, Irene Theodoropoulou
21. New Elaborate Written Forms in Darija: Blogging, Posting and Slamming in 2015 Morocco, Dominique Caubet
22. Arabic as a Contact Language, Stefano Manfredi
23. Contemporary Arabic-based Pidgins in the Middle East, Fida Bizri
24. Linguistic Anthropology Approaches to Arabic, Becky Schulthies
25. Peripheral Arabic, Faruk Akkuş
Part V Ideology, Policy, and Education
26. Arab Nationalism and/as Language Ideology, Keith Walters
27. Waves of Arabization and the Vernaculars of North Africa, Christophe Pereira
28. The Arabic Language and Political Ideology, Mariam Abolezz
29. Arabic Political Discourse, Emad Abdul Latif
30. Language Policy and Planning: The case of Morocco: A Critical Approach, Adil Moustaoui
31. Challenges of Arabic Language Education Policies in the Arab World, Muhammad Amara
32. Arabic Language Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment and the Hidden Tension between Accountability and Improvement: Examples from Egyptian Schools, Atta Gebril
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