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4%OFFYasir Suleiman - Arabic in the Fray: Language Ideology and Cultural Politics - 9780748637409 - V9780748637409
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Arabic in the Fray: Language Ideology and Cultural Politics

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Description for Arabic in the Fray: Language Ideology and Cultural Politics Hardback. This title considers the way Arabic has been deployed in the modern world to express different constructions of national, ethnic, religious, and state identities. Num Pages: 317 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.

The pre-modern period saw a background of inter-ethnic strife among Arabs and non-Arabs, mainly Persians. Starting from the symbolic and cognitive roles of language, Yasir Suleiman shows how discussions about the inimitability and (un)translatability of the Qur'an in this period were, at some deep level, concerned with issues of ethnic election. In this respect, theology and ethnicity emerge as partners in theorising language. Staying within the symbolic role of language, Suleiman goes on to investigate the role of paratexts and literary production in disseminating language ideologies and in cultural contestation. He shows how language symbolism is relevant to ideological debates ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748637409
SKU
V9780748637409
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