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Moroccan Arabic in its wider linguistic and social contexts
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Utz Maas
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December 21, 2012
Abstract
This article deals with the linguistic setting of Moroccan Arabic and its varieties. Besides information on the social and historical background, it outlines the most salient typological features of Moroccan Arabic and contrasts them with Moroccan Berber. This article also describes typical features of Moroccan Arabic in the light of other varieties of Arabic.
Keywords: Moroccan Arabic; language contact (Arabic/Berber); diglossia; language elaboration (orate/literate structures); typological classification
Published Online: 2012-12-21
Published in Print: 2012-12
© by Akademie Verlag, Berlin, Germany
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Keywords for this article
Moroccan Arabic;
language contact (Arabic/Berber);
diglossia;
language elaboration (orate/literate structures);
typological classification
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