Language and Change in the Arab Middle East: The Evolution of Modern Political Discourse (Studies in Middle Eastern History) - Hardcover

Ayalon, Ami

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195041402 ISBN 13: 9780195041408

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1987

Inhaltsangabe

Middle Eastern society experienced sudden and profound change in the 19th century under the impact of European expansion and influence. But as Western ideas about politics, technology, and culture began to infiltrate Arab society, the old language proved to be an inadequate vehicle for transmitting these alien concepts from abroad. In this study of the rise of modern Arabic, Ayalon examines 19th-century linguistic change in the Eastern Arab world as a mirror of changing Arab perceptions and responses to the West as well as a guide to the emergence of modern Arabic concepts, institutions, and practices. Focusing on the realm of political discourse, Ayalon looks at a wide array of evidence--local chronicles, travel accounts, translations of European writings, Arab political treatises, newspapers and periodicals, and dictionaries--to show how shifts in the color, tone, and meaning of the Arab vocabulary reflected a new socio-political and cultural reality.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0195041402
• ISBN 13: 9780195041408
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212
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