10 ‘Binding and Shifting’: Language Continuity and Linguistic Change in Ultralingual Devotional Practices

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Foreword viii
6. 1 Introduction 1
7. 2 Multilingual and Ultralingual Devotional Practices among British Muslim Youth 11
8. 3 The Research of Ultralingual Practice in the Community: A ‘Gentle Ethnography’ 33
9. 4 Ultralingual Language Practice in Devotional Settings 48
10. 5 Ultralingual Devotional Performance in 2000 and in 2019 79
11. 6 ‘Al-Qur’an’: The Sacred Text and its Centrality (Mosque School A) 91
12. 7 The Qur’anic Supplementary School in a Superdiverse Setting (Mosque School B) 109
13. 8 ‘Naat and Nasheed’: The Performance of Devotional Songs and Poetry (Mosque School C) 124
14. 9 Leaving ‘the Mawlana and the Child’ Behind (Mosque School D) 141
15. 10 ‘Binding and Shifting’: Language Continuity and Linguistic Change in Ultralingual Devotional Practices 160
16. References 169
17. Index 180