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Publication details [#64644]

Carroll, Kevin S. and Keith Kennetz. 2018. Language threat in the United Arab Emirates? Unpacking domains of language use. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2018 (254) : 165–184.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

Academics and Emiratis have inquired the extent to which Arabic is menaced in the United Arab Emirates. Given the use of English in much domains outside of the home, coupled with its global prestige, such doubt concerning the future of Arabic are justified, yet there is at present no baseline data on how Emiratis are employing language in their daily lives. This paper explores language threat within this context.