Arabic and the Media: Linguistic Analyses and Applications

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This volume is the first of its kind to deal with the relation between Arabic and the media. It focuses on close analyses of examples of media Arabic (code-switching, language variation, orthography and constructions of identity), and also offers approach Contents Introduction Part One Newspaper Language The Evolution and Role of Newspapers Cases of Written Code-Switching in Egyptian Opposition Newspapers Communities of Use in Arabic Newspaper Language: The Meaning of the Country Effect Part Two Arabic Variation and the Media Arabic Oral Media and Corpus Linguistics: A First Methodological Outline Patterns and Predictions for Code-Switching with Arabic Identity and Code-Choice in the Speech of Educated Women and Men in Egypt: Evidence from Talk Shows Ḥāl id-Dunyā: An Arabic News Bulletin in Colloquial ('Āmmiyya) Performance, Language and Power: Nasrallah's Rhetoric and Mediated Charisma in the Context of the 2006 July War Pidginisation in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia: Media Presentation Internet Bulletin Boards in Saudi Arabia: Analogues of Change and Resistance Linguistic Varieties in Twenty-First Century Arabic Novels: An Applied Study Part Three Applications: Approaching Media in the Classroom Media Arabic as a Regional Standard A Framework for Teaching Vocabulary Through Printed Media The Place of Media in the Arabic Curriculum List of Contributors Index