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Publication details [#60111]

Miller, Catherine and Marie-Aimée Germanos. 2015. Is religious affiliation a key factor of language variation in Arabic-speaking countries? Language & Communication 42 : 86–98.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

dialectology | language variation | religion | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Arabic

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

This article offers an up-to-the-minute overview of religious/sectarian dialectal distinction and sociolinguistic variation in the Arabic-speaking countries. It is argued that religion in itself doesn't constitute the major factor of sociolinguistic variation.