Festschrift for Yasir Suleiman. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 11. War Names in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Comparative Study / Muhammad Amara. 2. Transcultural Content and Translingual Reflection: Rethinking the Arabic Language Learning Experience / Karin Christina Ryding -- 3. Metaphorical Recurrence and Language Symbolism in Arabic Metalanguage Discourse / Chaoqun Lian -- 4. Colloquial Moroccan Arabic: Shifts in Usage and Attitudes in the Era of Computer-mediated Communication / Eirlys Davies -- 5. `Arabic is Under Threat': Language Anxiety as a Discourse on Identity and Conflict / Sinfree Makoni -- 6. Code Choice, Place and Identity in Egypt: Evidence from Two Novels / Reem Bassiouney -- 7. Language as Proxy in Egypt's Identity Politics: Examining the New Wave of Egyptian Nationalism / Mariam Aboelezz -- 8. Rakakah and the Petit Quarrel of 1871: Christian Authors and the Competition over Arabic / Rana Issa -- 9. Orchestrating Multimodal Protest and Subverting Banal Nationalism in the Linguistic Landscape of the Tunisian Revolution / Sonia Shiri -- 10. The Arab Jews and the Arabic Language in Israel: An Ongoing Ambivalence between Positive Nostalgia and Negative Present / Maisalon Dallashi -- 11. War Names in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Comparative Study / Muhammad Amara.
Summary:
Published in honor of Professor Yasir Suleiman, this collection acknowledges his contribution to the field of language and society in general, and to that of language analysis of socio-political realities in the Middle East in particular. Presenting a range of case studies relating to the role of language in the Middle East, each shows that the study of language unearths deeper processes relating to political affiliations, social behavior and transnational as well as religious and sectarian identities. It also explores questions related to the power of language as a socio-political instrument, and addresses current issues that facilitate an understanding of the evolving intersections in the areas of language and politics in the modern Middle East. This includes how language forms and is shaped by its social and political surroundings, the language manifestations of social, religious and political identifications, as well as groupings, divisions and polarisations in the encounter between language, conflict and politics in contemporary Middle Eastern communities. Looking at language as a proxy for social and political struggles, the volume gives prominence to the long-lasting legacy and great contribution of Professor Yasir Suleiman to the field.
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