Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic (Curzon Arabic Linguistics Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: January 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780700713790
Subjects: Sociolinguistics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines; Arabic; Language; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics
First sentence: Linguistic variation in a speech community may be viewed in a number of dimensions: a "horizontal" one of geographical dialect spread and contact, or a "vertical" one of sociolects and prestige and stigmatized dialects.