The Politics of Arabic in Israel : : A Sociolinguistic Analysis / / Camelia Suleiman.

Explores the contradictory position of Arabic being both the official language and marginalized in IsraelArabic 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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2017
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 52 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • 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
  • Bibliography
  • Index