Arabic-L:LING:Refs on acquisition of other languages by speakers of Arabic

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1) Subject:Refs on acquisition of other languages by speakers of Arabic

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Date: 23 Apr 2007
From:"Madiha Doss" <madihadoss at yahoo.com>
Subject:Refs on acquisition of other languages by speakers of Arabic

Dear Mrs Astara

There is work done on the acquisition of French by native speakers of  
Maroccan Arabic. The reference I have is the following:
Appropriation du français par des Marocains à Marseille, edited by A.  
Giacomi, H. Stoffel, and D. Véronique, published by the Publications  
de l'Université de Provence, 2000.

You could also look at:
Discours, action et appropriation des langues, edited par F. Cicurel,  
and D. Véronique, Presses Sorbonne nouvelle, 2002. In this volume  
there is at least one artcile on the acquisition of some features of  
French by Coreans.
Good luck

Madiha Doss

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Date: 23 Apr 2007
From:"Bill Young" <byoung at casl.umd.edu>
Subject:Refs on acquisition of other languages by speakers of Arabic

I think that one of the features of Arabic that will be of interest to
you is it's diglossia.  Just as in Greek, the Arabic that people
actually speak is quite different from the Arabic used for writing.
Hence for a native speaker of a colloquial Arabic dialect, it is
necessary to go to school and learn a very different variety in order to
become literate.  The Arab student in Greece then faces the same problem
with Greek.

I know of an anthropologist -- Richard Antoun, at the State University
of New York at Binghamton -- has interviewed Jordanian students who did
graduate work in Greece.  He might have some literature for you.

Best,

Bill Young
CASL
301-226-8839
byoung at casl.umd.edu

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