| A War of Words: Language and Conflict in the Middle East Contributor(s): Suleiman, Yasir (Author) |
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ISBN: 052183743X ISBN-13: 9780521837439 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $63.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: Yasir Suleiman considers national identity in relation to language, the way in which language can be manipulated to signal political, cultural or historical difference. As a language with a long-recorded heritage spoken by the majority of peoples in the Middle East, Arabic is a particularly appropriate language to study and provides a penetrating means of exploring the conflicts of the Middle East. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 306.440 |
| LCCN: 2003065266 |
| Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.32" W x 9.24" (1.25 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Arab World |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Suleiman, Yasir: - Yasir Suleiman is Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, and Director of the Edinburgh Institute for the Advanced Study of the Arab World and Islam at the University of Edinburgh. His publications include The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology (2003) and The Arabic Grammatical Tradition: a Study in Ta'liil (1999). |