Language and Change in the Arab Middle East: The Evolution of Modern Political Discourse

by Ami Ayalon

Middle Eastern society experienced sudden and profound change in the 19th century under the impact of European expansion and influence. But as Western ideas about politics, technology, and culture began to infiltrate Arab society, the old language proved to be an inadequate vehicle for transmitting these alien concepts from abroad. In this study of the rise of modern Arabic, Ayalon examines 19th-century linguistic change in the Eastern Arab world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195041402
• ISBN13: 9780195041408
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"