Full Description
The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics introduces readers to the major facets of research on Arabic and of the linguistic situation in the Arabic-speaking world.
The edited collection includes chapters from prominent experts on various fields of Arabic linguistics. The contributors provide overviews of the state of the art in their field and specifically focus on ideas and issues. Not simply an overview of the field, this handbook explores subjects in great depth and from multiple perspectives.
In addition to the traditional areas of Arabic linguistics, the handbook covers computational approaches to Arabic, Arabic in the diaspora, neurolinguistic approaches to Arabic, and Arabic as a global language.
The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics is a much-needed resource for researchers on Arabic and comparative linguistics, syntax, morphology, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics, and also for undergraduate and graduate students studying Arabic or linguistics.
Contents
Introduction.
I. Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology:
Arabic Phonology,
Syllable Structure in the Dialects of Arabic,
Pharyngeal and Emphatic Consonants,
Stems in Arabic Morphology and Phonology,
II. Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics
The Syntax of Tense in Arabic,
Negative Sensitive Items,
Resumption,
Personal Datives in Lebanese Arabic,
Arabic Semantics,
Arabic Functional Linguistics,
III. Experimental and Computational Approaches
First Language Acquisition of Arabic,
Neurophysiological investigations in studies of Arabic linguistics: The case of Arabic diglossia,
Arabic Heritage Speakers in the US,
Experimental Data and Arabic Morphology,
Arabic Speech and Language Technology,
IV. History, Contact, and Variation
Arabic and the other Semitic Languages,
Diglossia,
An Alternative Approach: Understanding Diglossia/Code-switching Through Indexicality: The Case of Egypt,
Patterns of Variation and Change in the Arab World,
Social Status, Language and Society in the Arab World,
New Elaborate Written Forms in Darija: Blogging, Posting and Slamming in 2015 Morocco,
Arabic as a Contact Language,
Contemporary Arabic-based Pidgins in the Middle East,
Linguistic Anthropology Approaches to Arabic,
Peripheral Arabic,
V. Ideology, Policy, and Education
Arab Nationalism and/as Language Ideology,
Waves of Arabization and the Vernaculars of North Africa,
The Arabic Language and Political Ideology,
