Beschreibung:
Written by four leading experts, this book provides a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic variation and linguistic change in Arabic. It includes rich datasets, along with recommendations for further reading and sets of exercises, making it essential reading for both scholars and students in Arabic sociolinguistics and related fields.
Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; List of maps; Transcription, symbols and abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology ¿ principles and practice; 3. Gender; 4. Education; 5. Social stratification; 6. Religion and ethnicity; 7. Language change; 8. Spatial variation; 9. Contact and diffusion; References; Index of subjects; Index of places; Index of names.