In:
International Journal of Middle East Studies, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 6, No. 3 ( 1975-07), p. 325-340
Abstract:
Diglossia has been the subject of attention of many linguists and philologists dealing with Arabic for many decades. The term itself was coined by W. Marçais (1930) and was brought to the attention of general linguists and ethnologists (socio-linguists in particular) by Ferguson in 1959. Diglossia is also a well-known phenomenon in Modern Greek, Swiss German, and Haitian Creole. Fishman (1967) and Valdman (1968) deal with it in terms of methodology and theory. Kaye (1970, 1972 a ) deals with it in the light of modern linguistic theory and is restricted (not entirely though) to a discussion of Arabic. The monograph under review is an attempt to survey the diglossia situation using Classical Arabic and colloquial Iraqi (almost entirely Baghdadi) data. Much of the work can already be found in Altoma (1957, 1966).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0020-7438
,
1471-6380
DOI:
10.1017/S002074380002287X
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1975
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2053871-6
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0
SSG:
7,6
SSG:
6,23
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