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The present volume provides an overview of current trends in the study of language contact involving Arabic. By drawing on the social factors that have converged to create different contact situations, it explores both contact-induced change in Arabic and language change through contact with Arabic. The volume brings together leading scholars who address a variety of topics related to contact-induced change, the emergence of contact languages, codeswitching, as well as language ideologies in contact situations. It offers insights from different theoretical approaches in connection with research fields such as descriptive and historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, and language acquisition. It provides the general linguistic public with an updated, cutting edge overview and appreciation of themes and problems in Arabic linguistics and sociolinguists alike.

Intro -- Arabic in Contact -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Arabic in contact, now and then -- 1. Contact linguistics and Arabic in contact -- 2. In and from Arabic: Grammar in context -- 3. In and from Arabic: Dealing with words -- 4. Deep contact: Arabic-based contact languages -- 5. Back to the speaker: Codeswitching and language ideologies -- 6. Envoy -- References -- Section 1. In and from Arabic: Grammar in context -- The Arabic component in Domari -- 1. Background -- 2. The Arabic component in northern Domari -- 2.1 Matter replication -- 2.2 Pattern replication -- 3. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Syntactic outcomes of contact in Sason Arabic -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sason Arabic -- 2.1 Sason morphology -- 3. Contact-induced morphosyntactic changes -- 3.1 Indefiniteness marking -- 3.2 Light verb constructions -- 3.3 Periphrastic causative -- 3.4 Negation and copula in Sason -- 4. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Arabic-Berber-Songhay contact and the grammaticalisation of 'thing' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The pre-contact functions of Arabic šayʔ and Berber *ḱăra -- 2.1 Arabic -- 2.2 Berber -- 3. From indefinite pronoun to indefinite quantifier -- 3.1 Arabic -- 3.2 Berber -- 4. From indefinite pronoun to indefinite adverb -- 5. From indefinite adverb to polar interrogative marker -- 5.1 Arabic -- 5.2 Berber -- 6. Calquing in Korandje -- 6.1 The pre-contact situation -- 6.2 From indefinite pronoun to indefinite quantifier -- 6.3 From indefinite pronoun to indefinite adverb -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Arabic and Berber in contact: Arabic in a minority situation in Al Hoceima region -- 1. Introduction: A border region -- 2. Beni Iṭṭeft "Revisited" … -- 2. Beni Iṭṭeft "Revisited" … -- 3. Method -- A rare situation: Arabic as a minority language

In the Arab world, the comprehension gap between Colloquial and Standard Arabic has been recognized as a major force behind illiteracy and its endless negative repercussions. One adverse impact of this comprehension gap manifests itself in the courtroom. Courtroom translation in the Arab world (i.e. consecutive interpreting/reporting from Colloquial into Standard Arabic) occurs systematically and is the only means of documenting courtroom proceedings. Despite its functional importance in the light of language manoeuvrability and translation accuracy, the legal implications of the Colloquial—Standard Arabic proximity in the context of linguistic rights have not been theoretically nor empirically researched. Accordingly, this paper introduces the dynamics of language use in a hierarchical judicial system in one Arab country, Lebanon. This paper is a theoretical first brick in the wall of linguistic rights in the Lebanese courtroom, where — in the absence of a jury system — linguistic discretion in the legal decision-making process rests upon the bench judge. In addition, this paper highlights the vulnerability of illiterate people vis-à-vis the use of Standard Arabic in legal settings at the expense of their preferred first or only language, Lebanese Colloquial.

".... Introduces the language of newspapers, magazines, and Internet news sites to intermediate- and advanced-level students of Modern Standard Arabic. Using this coursebook, students will be able to master core vocabulary and structures typical of front-page news, recognize various methods of coverage, distinguish fact from opinion, detect bias, and read critically in Arabic. The book enables students to read extended texts with greater accuracy and speed by focusing on the relationships among meaning, linguistic form, and discourse markers. Activities include pre-reading discussions as well as extensive practice on vocabulary use in context, organizing information, skimming, scanning, critical reading, and analyzing content."--Jacket

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- User Guide -- Introduction -- 1. General -- 2. Analysis -- 3. Human Intelligence (HUMINT) -- 4. Operations -- 5. Counterintelligence (CI) -- 6. Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) -- 7. Acronyms -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

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