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

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Studies in semitic languages and linguistics ; volume 90
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 90.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Written communication -- Arab countries.
Written communication.
Arab countries.
Arabic language -- Written Arabic.
Arabic language -- Written Arabic.
Arabic language -- Political aspects.
Arabic language -- Political aspects.
Arabic language.
Arabic language -- Social aspects.
Arabic language -- Social aspects.
Arabic language -- Dialects -- Egypt.
Arabic language -- Dialects.
Egypt.
Arabic language -- Dialects -- Morocco.
Morocco.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Høigilt, Jacob, editor.
Mejdell, Gunvor, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Politics of written language in the Arab world. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004346161 (DLC) 2017028168
ISBN 9789004346178 (electronic book)
9004346171 (electronic book)
9004346163
9789004346161
9789004346161 (hardback ; alkaline paper)