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1) Subject:US edition of Bassiouney
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Date: 23 Nov 2009
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:US edition of Bassiouney
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; ">Author: Reem Bassiouney<br><br>Paperback: ISBN: 9781589015739 Pages: 336 Price: U.S. $ 29.95<br><br><br>Abstract:<br><br>Note: This title was announced previously by Edinburgh University Press,<br>for sale outside the U.S. and Canada. It is available for sale in the U.S.<br>and Canada by Georgetown University Press.<br><br>This introduction to major topics in the field of Arabic sociolinguistics<br>examines key issues in diglossia, code-switching, gendered discourse,<br>language variation and change, and language policies. It introduces and<br>evaluates various theoretical approaches and models, and it illustrates the<br>usefulness and limitations of these approaches to Arabic with empirical<br>data. Reem Bassiouney explores how current sociolinguistic theories can be<br>applied to Arabic and, conversely, what the study of Arabic can contribute<br>to our understanding of the function of language in society.<br><br>Graduate students of Arabic language and linguistics as well as students of<br>sociolinguistics with no knowledge of Arabic will find this volume to be an<br>indispensable resource.<br><br>(Contact Georgetown University Press for sale in the U.S. and Canada) <br></span>
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