Charting the nation: Arabic and the politics of identity  

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Suleiman, Yasir

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (ada di PROQUEST th.2001- 2010) vol. 26 (2006), page 125-148.
Fulltext: 125-148.pdf (191.17KB)

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This chapter surveys recent work on the linguistic construction of national identity in the Middle East, against the backdrop of political conflicts of different intensities. It does so by discussing the language situation in Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Jordan in so far as these situations involve conflict between Arabic and other languages (French and Hebrew), Arabic and one of its dialectal variants, or different Arabic dialects. The chapter shows the dynamic nature of linguistic identity construction and the variety of modes this construction takes. It highlights the significance of linguistic subtraction as a marker of identity, the relevance of power differentials to language maintenance, and language shift as tropes of identity construction and shows that linguistic boundary setting is as much related to structural forces in society as it is to specific political conflicts that speed up the progress of these forces and their inevitable outcomes.

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