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Date: 09 Sep 2009
From:reembassiouney at hotmail.com
Subject:New Book: Arabic Sociolinguistics

Dear friends
My book is now out:
Arabic Sociolinguistics 2009 Edinburgh University Press
US rights: Georgetown University Press

The first introduction to the field of Arabic sociolinguistics, this  
book discusses major trends in research on diglossia, code-switching,  
gendered discourse, language variation and change, and language  
policies in relation to Arabic. In doing so, it introduces and  
evaluates the various theoretical approaches, and illustrates the  
usefulness and the limitations of these approaches with empirical  
data. The book shows how sociolinguistic theories can be applied to  
Arabic and, conversely, what the study of Arabic can contribute to our  
understanding of the function of language in society. Key features:  
*Introduces current theories and methods of sociolinguistics, with a  
special focus on Arabic *Topics include: language variation and  
change, gender, religion and politics *

Dr. Reem Bassiouney
Georgetown University

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