Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface xi
4. List of Abbreviations xiii
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. The Peculiar Unity of Nigerian Arabic 23
7. 3. the Linguistic Variables 39
8. 4. The Comparative Dialectology of the 13 Linguistic Variables 71
9. 5. Rural Nigerian Arabic 86
10. 6. Maiduguri and the Basic Sample 115
11. 7. Urban and rural: towards a characterization of neo-ancestral norms 167
12. 8. Non-Corpus Data 199
13. 9. Variation and Language Attitudes 205
14. 10. Linguistic Variation and Socio-Politics 231
15. 11. Setting and Linguistic Variation 247
16. 12. Three Micro Studies 258
17. 13. Expanding the Typology of urban Linguistic Variation 295
18. Appendix I: Arabic Texts 301
19. Appendix II 380
20. Bibliography 382
21. Index of Sujects 390
22. Index of Names 394