Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Transcription, Symbols, and Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methodology: Principles and Practice
- 3 Gender
- 4 Education
- 5 Social Stratification
- 6 Religion and Ethnicity
- 7 Language Change
- 8 Spatial Variation
- 9 Contact and Diffusion
- References
- Subject Index
- Place Index
- Name Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Transcription, Symbols, and Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methodology: Principles and Practice
- 3 Gender
- 4 Education
- 5 Social Stratification
- 6 Religion and Ethnicity
- 7 Language Change
- 8 Spatial Variation
- 9 Contact and Diffusion
- References
- Subject Index
- Place Index
- Name Index
Summary
The introductory chapter is a succinct overview of the principles and approaches to variation in Arabic as followed in the book. It also defines the scope of coverage. It briefly explains the historical connection between sociolinguistics and dialectology, advocating an empirically based approach to analysing variation in spoken Arabic.
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- Arabic Sociolinguistics , pp. 1 - 8Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022