Language and Society in the Middle East and North Africa

Download or read book Language and Society in the Middle East and North Africa written by Yasir Suleiman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates issues of central importance in understanding the role of language in society in the Middle East and North Africa. In particular, it covers issues of collective identity and variation as they relate to Arabic, Berber, English, Persian and Turkish in the fields of gender, national affiliation, the debate over authenticity and modernity, language reforms and language legislation. In addition, the book investigates how some of these issues are realized in the diaspora at both the micro and macro levels.