The Routledge Handbook of Arabic and Identity (Routledge Handbooks)

__The Routledge Handbook of Arabic and Identity__ offers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of studies that relate the Arabic language in its entirety to identity. This handbook offers new trajectories in understanding language and identity more generally and Arabic and identity in particular. Split into three parts, covering ‘Identity and Variation’, ‘Identity and Politics’ and ‘Identity Globalisation and Diversity’, it is the first of its kind to offer such a perspective on identity, linking the social world to identity construction and including issues pertaining to our current political and social context, including Arabic in the diaspora, Arabic as a minority language, pidgin and creoles, Arabic in the global age, Arabic and new media, Arabic and political discourse. Scholars and students will find essential theories and methods that relate language to identity in this handbook. It is particularly of interest to scholars and students whose work is related to the Arab world, political science, modern political thought, Islam and social sciences including: general linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, anthropological linguistics, anthropology, political science, sociology, psychology, literature media studies and Islamic studies. The Routledge Handbook of Arabic and Identity offers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of studies that relate the Arabic language in its entirety to identity. This handbook offers new trajectories in understanding language and identity more generally and Arabic and identity in particular. Split into three parts, covering ‘Identity and Variation’, ‘Identity and Politics’ and ‘Identity Globalisation and Diversity’, it is the first of its kind to offer such a perspective on identity, linking the social world to identity construction and including issues pertaining to our current political and social context, including Arabic in the diaspora, Arabic as a minority language, pidgin and creoles, Arabic in the global age, Arabic and new media, Arabic and political discourse. Scholars and students will find essential theories and methods that relate language to identity in this handbook. It is particularly of interest to scholars and students whose work is related to the Arab world, political science, modern political thought, Islam and social sciences including: general linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, anthropological linguistics, anthropology, political science, sociology, psychology, literature media studies and Islamic studies. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of figures 9 List of tables 10 Notes on the contributors 11 Acknowledgements 15 Introduction and overview 16 Introduction: the Arabic language and identity 18 Part I Identity and variation 26 1 From Rajjal to Rayyal: ideologies and shift among young Bedouins in Qatar 28 2 The emergence of a national koiné in Saudi Arabia: a perceptual dialectology account 41 3 The multilingual nature of spoken Arabic and identity construction in light of Discourse Markers 66 4 The expression of rural and urban identities in Arabic 80 5 Optional you and the invocation of shared identity in Levantine Arabic 94 6 Saudi folks’ attitudes and perceptions towards accent switches: the /k/ reflexes across dialects 108 7 Language and identity in post-Revolution Tunisia: between authenticity and commodification 123 8 Language attitudes in the Arab world 135 Part II Identity and politics 160 9 Diglossia, folk-linguistics, and language anxiety: the 2018 language ideological debate in Morocco 162 10 The construction of the Egyptian national identity at times of conflict 176 11 Language-identity dynamics in post-Arab Spring era: the case of Jordan 191 12 Arabic and identity in the conflict-ridden reality in Israel 209 13 Identity performance and positioning in online discourse in Jordan 221 14 The de-Arabised Israeli Arabic: between eradication among Arab-Jews and Ashkenisation in society 233 Part III Identity globalisation and diversity 246 15 Language and identity construction in the United Arab Emirates: challenges faced in a globalized world 248 16 Diasporic Arabic(s): speakers, usages, and contacts 260 17 Complex identities: Arabic in the diaspora 274 Index 288 "The Routledge Handbook of the Arabic Language and Identity offers a comprehensive and up to date account of studies that relate the Arabic language in its entirety to identity. This handbook offers new trajectories in understanding language and identity more generally and Arabic and identity in particular. Split into three parts, covering 'Identity and Variation', 'Identity and Politics' and 'Identity Globalisation and Diversity', It is the first of its kind to offer such a perspective on identity, linking the social world to identity construction and including issues pertaining to our current political and social context, including Arabic in the diaspora, Arabic as a minority language, pidgin and creoles, Arabic in the global age, Arabic and new media, Arabic and political discourse. This handbook is suitable for both students and scholars in social sciences including; general linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, anthropological linguistics, anthropology, political science, sociology, psychology, literature media studies, and Islamic studies. Scholars and students will find essential theories and methods that relate language to identity in this handbook. It is particularly of interest to scholars and students whose work is related to the Arab world, political science, modern political thought and Islam"-- Provided by publisher