The politics of written language in the Arab world : writing change / edited by Jacob Hoigilt, Gunvor Mejdell.

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Other Authors: Hoigilt, Jacob (Editor), Mejdell, Gunvor (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
Series:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 90.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Jacob Hoigilt and Gunvor Mejdell
  • A language for the people? quantitative indicators of written darija and 'ammiyya in Cairo and Rabat / Kristian Takvam Kindt and Tewodros Kebede
  • Diglossia as ideology / Kristen Brustad
  • Changing norms, concepts and practices of written Arabic: a 'long distance' perspective / Gunvor Mejdell
  • Contemporary darija writings in Morocco: ideology and practices / Catherine Miller
  • Morocco: an informal passage to literacy in darija (Moroccan Arabic) / Dominique Caubet
  • Adab sakhir (satirical literature) and the use of Egyptian vernacular / Eva Marie Haland
  • Dialect with an attitude: language and criticism in new Egyptian print media / Jacob Hoigilt
  • Writing oral and literary culture: the case of the contemporary Moroccan zajal / Alexander Elinson
  • The politics of pro-'ammiyya language ideology in Egypt / Mariam Aboelezz
  • Moralizing stances: discursive play and ideologies of language and gender in Moroccan digital discourse / Atiqa Hachimi
  • The language of online activism: a case from Kuwait / Jon Nordenson
  • The oralization of writing: argumentation, profanity and literacy in cyberspace / Emad Abdel Latif.