Language, Society and Ideologies in Multilingual Egypt
Arabic and Berber in the Siwa Oasis
Series: Anthropological Linguistics [AL]; 8;
- Publisher's listprice EUR 119.95
-
50 630 Ft (48 219 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 5% (cc. 2 532 Ft off)
- Discounted price 48 098 Ft (45 808 Ft + 5% VAT)
Subcribe now and take benefit of a favourable price.
Subscribe
50 630 Ft
Availability
printed on demand
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher De Gruyter Mouton
- Date of Publication 18 March 2024
- ISBN 9783111045122
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages211 pages
- Size 230x155 mm
- Weight 418 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black & white; 2 Tables, black & white 554
Categories
Long description:
The book explores the change over time in language-society relations in a multilingual periphery of Egypt. It examines the role of language ideologies in the construction and negotiation of social identities in the processes of contact, maintenance and shift typical of multilingualism. Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews, it is the first of its kind to portray the inventory of linguistic and accompanying non-linguistic behaviors observed within and between different ethnolinguistic groups in the Siwa Oasis. It provides first-hand information about the linguistic habits of Siwan women, an aspect which is generally difficult to access in this gender-segregated community. The book sheds light on Berber-Arabic contact at the core of the Arab world and at a critical time when individual linguistic repertoires are expanding and Arabic is emerging as a powerful resource.
"This work can function as an example to anybody aiming to present this type of research. It is well-grounded in the theoretical literature, and aims to contribute to these discussions. At the same time, it offers a fascinating ? and very readable ? view of language practices in a specific situation to readers less invested in such general questions. In conclusion, this is a very rich, very important, and immensely interesting study, for anybody interested in the language ecology of Northern Africa and in minority languages in general, and for those who are genuinely interested in what processes obtain in language loss and language maintenance in such languages."
Maarten Kossmann, 2024, in Mediterranean Language Review 31:1, 124
More
