The Creation of Israeli Arabic [electronic resource] : Security and Politics in Arabic Studies in Israel /
Mendel, Y.author.
This book sheds light on the ways in which the on-going Israeli-Arab conflict has shaped Arabic language instruction. Due to its interdisciplinary nature it will be of great interest to academics and researchers in security and middle eastern studies as well as those focused on language and linguistics.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Documents; List of Appendices; Preface: Arabic, Security and Me; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration and Translation; Introduction: Arabic and Security in Israel; Arabic for the sake of security; The partnership of 'peace and security'; A new 'type' of Arabic; 1 Rooting Security in Arabic Soil: When Zionism Met Arabic; From the Arabic of ibn Maymun to that of Unit 8200; Between three conquests: labour, land and language; The question of Arabic; 2 Whose Language is it, Anyway? Arabic in Jewish-Israeli Schools, 1948-67
Arabic language in a new country'Teaching Hottentot on the moon': Arabic in the Israeli education system; A sentiment-free Arabic: the creation of the 'Oriental Classes'; 3 Recruiting Arabic for War: The Influence of the 1967 and 1973 Wars on Arabic Studies in Jewish-Israeli Schools; The Jewish-Israeli school system: in the aftermath of the 1967 War; The 1973 War: the catastrophe of Israeli Arabists and its aftermath; The 'disappearance' of Arab-Jews; 4 Israel's Army of Arabists: 1976 and Beyond; A lifelong journey: the Ministry of Education and Military Intelligence
The 1986 meetings: changing the face of Arabic?Mission accomplished: the creation of Shif{sup(c)} at; Arabic in the 1990s and beyond: Shif. at and its aftermath; 5 Giv.at H. avivah and Ulpan .Ak. iva: Arabic Studies Independent of the Ministry of Education; The securitised side of Peace; Recruiting .Abd al- .Aziz al-Zu.bi: Arabic studiesat Giv. at H. avivah; 'Arabic as a bridgehead': Ulpan  .Ak. iva and Arabic studies; Conclusion; The military-education partnership; From language policy and back to Israeli Arabic; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book sheds light on the ways in which the on-going Israeli-Arab conflict has shaped Arabic language instruction. Due to its interdisciplinary nature it will be of great interest to academics and researchers in security and middle eastern studies as well as those focused on language and linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Applied linguistics.
Comparative linguistics.
Translation and interpretation.
Arabic language.
Literature-Translations.
Sociolinguistics.
Applied Linguistics.
Comparative Linguistics.
Translation.
Arabic.
Translation Studies.