Publications

Publication details [#50038]

Suleiman, Yasir. 2006. Charting the nation: Arabic and the politics of identity. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 26 : 125–148.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | identity negotiation | multilingualism | political system | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Arabic | French | Hebrew

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study discusses the dynamic nature of linguistic identity construction and its various modes in the Middle East, against the backdrop of political conflicts in Lebanon, Israel-Palestine, and Jordan, in so far as these contexts include conflict between Arabic, its dialects and other languages.