Jordanian Arabic between Diglossia and Bilingualism :: Linguistic analysis.

Suleiman provides a linguistic analysis of Jordanian Arabic spoken by educated groups and in particular by students at Yarmouk University. He investigates the extent to which spoken Jordanian Arabic is affected by the classical-colloquial dichotomy (i.e. the extent to which diglossia is involved). I...

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Main Author: Suleiman, Salah M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1985.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; 6:8.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Suleiman provides a linguistic analysis of Jordanian Arabic spoken by educated groups and in particular by students at Yarmouk University. He investigates the extent to which spoken Jordanian Arabic is affected by the classical-colloquial dichotomy (i.e. the extent to which diglossia is involved). In addition, the influence of language contact between English and Arabic is studied (with reference to code-switching, interference and integration) by comparing the linguistic repertoire of Yarmouk students (where English is often used as a medium of instruction) with that of students at other Arab.
Item Description:4.23 Classification of loanwords according to domains.
Physical Description:1 online resource (147 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789027279569
902727956X
128335912X
9781283359122
ISSN:0166-6258 ;