Arabic-L:LING:NEW BOOK:Language and Identity in Modern Egypt

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1) Subject: NEW BOOK:Language and Identity in Modern Egypt

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Date: 17 Mar 2014
From: reem bassiouney <reembassiouney at hotmail.com>
Subject: NEW BOOK:Language and Identity in Modern Egypt

This is to announce that the book
Language and Identity in Modern Egypt by Reem Bassiouney  (Edinburgh
University Press) is now available: The book,

Examines language and identity in modern Egypt using theories from
discourse analysis and sociolinguistics

How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to illuminate the
collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to
language form and content? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by
drawing on sources including newspaper articles, caricatures, blogs,
patriotic songs, films, school textbooks, TV talk-shows, poetry and
novels

As well as furthering our understanding of the relationship between
identity and language, this book yields insights about the intricate
ways in which media and public discourse help shape and outline identity
 through linguistic processes.

Key Features

Offers an in-depth study of identity in modern Egyptian public
discourseFocuses on nationalist discourse before, during and after the
Egyptian revolution of 2011Based on a broad, and representative selection
of dataHelps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the
competing factions in Egyptian politics

Reem Bassiouney (DPhil, Oxon.) is Associate Professor of Linguistics
at The American University of Cairo. Her academic books include,
Functions of Code-Switching in Egypt (2006), Arabic Sociolinguistics
(2008), Arabic and the Media (2010), Arabic Language and Linguistics
2012 (co-ed). Her research and publications focus on topics in Arabic
sociolingusitics, including code-switching, language and gender,
leveling, register, language policy, and discourse analysis. She is also
 an award winning novelist.

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