Arabic in the Fray: Language Ideology and Cultural Politics

by Yasir Suleiman

Book Overview

The pre-modern period saw a background of inter-ethnic strife among Arabs and non-Arabs, mainly Persians. Starting from the symbolic and cognitive roles of language, Yasir Suleiman shows how discussions about the inimitability and (un)translatability of the Qur'an in this period were, at some deep level, concerned with issues of ethnic election. In this respect, theology and ethnicity emerge as partners in theorising language. Staying within the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748680314
• ISBN13: 9780748680313
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"