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8. Rakākah and the Petit Quarrel of 1871: Christian Authors and the Competition over Arabic
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Rana Issa
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Figures and Tables vii
- Acknowledgements viii
- Foreword: About Professor Yasir Suleiman ix
- Introduction: Words, Language, Message 1
- 1. The Hauntology of Language and Identity 14
- 2. Transcultural Content and Translingual Refl ection: Rethinking the Arabic Language Learning Experience 30
- 3. Metaphorical Recurrence and Language Symbolism in Arabic Metalanguage Discourse 49
- 4. Colloquial Moroccan Arabic: Shifts in Usage and Attitudes in the Era of Computer-mediated Communication 69
- 5. ‘Arabic is Under Threat’: Language Anxiety as a Discourse on Identity and Confl ict 90
- 6. Code Choice, Place and Identity in Egypt: Evidence from Two Novels 111
- 7. Language as Proxy in Egypt’s Identity Politics: Examining the New Wave of Egyptian Nationalism 126
- 8. Rakākah and the Petit Quarrel of 1871: Christian Authors and the Competition over Arabic 148
- 9. Orchestrating Multimodal Protest and Subverting Banal Nationalism in the Linguistic Landscape of the Tunisian Revolution 165
- 10. The Arab Jews and the Arabic Language in Israel: An Ongoing Ambivalence between Positive Nostalgia and Negative Present 185
- 11. War Names in the Arab–Israeli Confl ict: A Comparative Study 207
- About the Contributors 228
- Index 232
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Figures and Tables vii
- Acknowledgements viii
- Foreword: About Professor Yasir Suleiman ix
- Introduction: Words, Language, Message 1
- 1. The Hauntology of Language and Identity 14
- 2. Transcultural Content and Translingual Refl ection: Rethinking the Arabic Language Learning Experience 30
- 3. Metaphorical Recurrence and Language Symbolism in Arabic Metalanguage Discourse 49
- 4. Colloquial Moroccan Arabic: Shifts in Usage and Attitudes in the Era of Computer-mediated Communication 69
- 5. ‘Arabic is Under Threat’: Language Anxiety as a Discourse on Identity and Confl ict 90
- 6. Code Choice, Place and Identity in Egypt: Evidence from Two Novels 111
- 7. Language as Proxy in Egypt’s Identity Politics: Examining the New Wave of Egyptian Nationalism 126
- 8. Rakākah and the Petit Quarrel of 1871: Christian Authors and the Competition over Arabic 148
- 9. Orchestrating Multimodal Protest and Subverting Banal Nationalism in the Linguistic Landscape of the Tunisian Revolution 165
- 10. The Arab Jews and the Arabic Language in Israel: An Ongoing Ambivalence between Positive Nostalgia and Negative Present 185
- 11. War Names in the Arab–Israeli Confl ict: A Comparative Study 207
- About the Contributors 228
- Index 232
