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Author
L. Zack
Date
12-2017
Title
Vulgar and Literary Arabic in Nineteenth-century Egypt
Subtitle
A Study of Three Textbooks
Book title
Philologists in the World
Book subtitle
A Festschrift in Honour of Gunvor Mejdell
Pages (from-to)
233-260
Publisher
Oslo: Novus Press
ISBN
9788270999040
Serie
Instituttet for sammenlignende kulturforskning. -Serie B
Volume (Serie)
168
Document type
Chapter
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities (FGw)
Institute
Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract
This paper describes the use of colloquial Egyptian Arabic, Classical Arabic and mixed/Middle Arabic in textbooks written in the second half of the nineteenth century by native speakers of Egyptian Arabic. These textbooks were written in a period of increasing contact between Egypt and the West and were aimed at teaching foreigners Egyptian Arabic, which would be useful for them while travelling or doing business in Egypt. The books were meant to be used as conversational tools, focusing on practical information presented in word lists, useful sentences, and dialogues, and sometimes also containing a section on grammar. Some also focus on more formal language, such as used in letter writing. The Arabic in these works is written either in transcription, in Arabic script, or both.
Language
English
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/01a70777-5589-4272-918c-804f9a1e8ad9
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