Publications

Publication details [#50199]

Al-Wer, Enam. 1997. Arabic between reality and ideology. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 7 (2) : 251–265.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language change | language variation | language variety | spoken language | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Arabic, Classical

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

This paper argues that variation and change in spoken Arabic includes the interplay between local varieties and regional standards, independently of Classical Arabic. A widespread confusion of Classical Arabic's esteem and its status as a standard language engender a number of problems.