Modern Arabic Sociolinguistics

<p>Modern Arabic Sociolinguistics outlines and evaluates the major approaches and methods used in Arabic sociolinguistic research with respect to diglossia codeswitching language variation and attitudes and social identity. </p><p>This book:</p><ul> <li>outlines the main research findings in these core areas and relates them to a wide range of constructs including social context speech communities prestige power language planning gender and religion </li> <li>examines two emerging areas in Arabic sociolinguistic research internet-mediated communication and heritage speakers in relation to globalization language dominance and interference and language loss and maintenance </li> <li>analyses the interplay between the various sociolinguistic aspects and examines the complex nature of the Arabic multidialectal multinational and multiethnic sociolinguistic situation.</li> </ul><p>Based on the author’s recent fieldwork in several Arab countries this book is an essential resource for researchers and students of sociolinguistics Arabic linguistics and Arabic studies.</p>