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The politics of Arabic in Israel : a sociolinguistic analysis /

Arabic became a minority language overnight in Israel in 1948, as a result of the Palestinian exodus from their land that year. Although it remains an official language, along with Hebrew, Israel has made continued attempts to marginalize Arabic on the one hand and securitize it on the other. The au...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Suleiman, Camelia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Historic background
  • 2. Orientalisation, securitisation and minoritisation of Arabic
  • 3. The (in)visibility of Arabic : the linguistic landscape
  • 4. Modernisation, globalisation and citizenship in Israel
  • 5. Autobiography and language choice
  • 6. Arabic in Jordan and Palestine
  • Conclusion.