The Arabic Language and National Identity
Subtitle: A Study in Ideology
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780878403950
Subjects: Cultural studies; Language & Linguistics; Nationalism; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Middle East - General; Foreign Language Study; Language Arts & Disciplines; Politics / Current Events; Arabic; Language; Middle East; National characteristics, Arab; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Sociolinguistics; Arabic language; Linguistics; Arab nationalism; Political aspects; Social aspects
Description: "The core focus of this book is nationalism in the Arab Middle East - an area of growing interest over recent times. Yasir Suleiman provides a fresh perspective on this topic by investigating the interaction between language and nationalist ideology. Although the role of Arabic has always been considered vital in nation-building in the Arabic-speaking world, this is the first time it has been examined at length.

Yasir Suleiman's treatment of this topic covers both the communicative and the symbolic functions of the language in relation to the domains of cultural and political nationalism."--BOOK JACKET.