02242cam a2200277 i 4500 113843 113843 20586663 20190912104117.0 180717s2018 stka b 011 0 eng d 9781474421539 (hardback) PK-LaUMT 306.440956 23 LAN- Language, politics and society in the Middle East : essays in honour of Yasir Suleiman / edited by Yonatan Mendel and Abeer AlNajjar Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018 xii, 241 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm Festschrift for Yasir Suleiman. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Published in honor of Professor Yasir Suleiman, this collection acknowledges his contribution to the field of language and society in general, and to that of language analysis of socio-political realities in the Middle East in particular. Presenting a range of case studies relating to the role of language in the Middle East, each shows that the study of language unearths deeper processes relating to political affiliations, social behavior and transnational as well as religious and sectarian identities. It also explores questions related to the power of language as a socio-political instrument, and addresses current issues that facilitate an understanding of the evolving intersections in the areas of language and politics in the modern Middle East. This includes how language forms and is shaped by its social and political surroundings, the language manifestations of social, religious and political identifications, as well as groupings, divisions and polarisations in the encounter between language, conflict and politics in contemporary Middle Eastern communities. Looking at language as a proxy for social and political struggles, the volume gives prominence to the long-lasting legacy and great contribution of Professor Yasir Suleiman to the field. Sociolinguistics Middle East. Language and languages Political aspects. Sociolinguistics. 18.73 modern Arabic language. 17.20 sociolinguistics: general. AlNajjar, Abeer, Mendel, Yonatan, BK 0 0 0 0 01 01 2019-09-12 0 306.440956 LAN- 131422 2019-09-12 00:00:00 2019-09-12 BK