Folk Stories and Personal Narratives in Palestinian Spoken Arabic [electronic resource] : A Cultural and Linguistic Study /
Sirhan, N.author.
Sirhan, Nadia
By analysing the folk stories and personal narratives of a cross-section of Palestinians, Sirhan offers a detailed study of how content and sociolinguistic variables affect a narrator's language use and linguistic behaviour. This book will be of interest to anyone engaged with narrative discourse, gender discourse, Arabic studies and linguistics.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Transcription System; List of Narrators; 1 Introduction; 2 The Oral-Written Divide; 3 The Lore and Tales of the Folk; 4 Narratives of Personal Experience; 5 The Arabic Language - lisān al-''arab; 6 Cultural Characteristics of the Texts; 7 Linguistic Features of the Oral Narratives; 8 The Texts; 9 Observations and Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By analysing the folk stories and personal narratives of a cross-section of Palestinians, Sirhan offers a detailed study of how content and sociolinguistic variables affect a narrator's language use and linguistic behaviour. This book will be of interest to anyone engaged with narrative discourse, gender discourse, Arabic studies and linguistics.
Discourse analysis.
Sociolinguistics.
Ethnology.
Cultural studies.
Discourse Analysis.
Sociolinguistics.
Cultural Anthropology.
Cultural Studies.