Language and change in the Arab Middle East
the evolution of modern political discourse
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Author
Contributions
- Merkaz Dayan le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah (Universiṭat Tel-Aviv) - Contributor
Publication
1987 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
49,000 words, Guess
Page Count
196 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2724402M
- ISBN-100195041402
- OCLC Control Number234142063
- OCLC Control Number14002545
- OCLC Control Numberlanguagechangear00ayal
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number86018068
- LibraryThing9330237
- Goodreads1602057
Classifications
- DDC492/.7/09
- LCCPJ6075 .A89 1987
Description
"Middle Eastern society experienced sudden and profound change in the 19th century under the impact of European expansion and influence. But as Western ideas about politics, technology, and culture began to infiltrate Arab society, the old language proved to be an inadequate vehicle for transmitting these alien concepts from abroad. In this study of the rise of modern Arabic, Ayalon examines 19th-century linguistic change in the Eastern Arab world as a mirror of changing Arab perceptions and responses to the West as well as a guide to the emergence of modern Arabic concepts, institutions, and practices. Focusing on the realm of political discourse, Ayalon looks at a wide array of evidence - local chronicles, travel accounts, translations of European writings, Arab political treatises, newspapers and periodicals, and dictionaries - to show how shifts in the color, tone, and meaning of the Arab vocabulary reflected a new socio-political and cultural reality."--Publisher description.
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Series Statement
- Studies in Middle Eastern history
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