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4. Geopolitics and Language Rivalry: French versus English

  • Mohamed Benrabah
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Language Conflict in Algeria
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgements ix
  4. Prologue: Two Cultural Wars in 50 Years x
  5. 1. Circumnavigating a Term: ‘Language Conflict’ and Related Concepts 1
  6. 2. Frenchification: Annihilating Indigenous Languages 21
  7. 3. Arabization: At War with Diversity 51
  8. 4. Geopolitics and Language Rivalry: French versus English 87
  9. 5. Writers and Language as a Battlefi eld: ‘Authenticity’ versus ‘Hybridity’ 126
  10. References 171
  11. Index 186
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847699657-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgements ix
  4. Prologue: Two Cultural Wars in 50 Years x
  5. 1. Circumnavigating a Term: ‘Language Conflict’ and Related Concepts 1
  6. 2. Frenchification: Annihilating Indigenous Languages 21
  7. 3. Arabization: At War with Diversity 51
  8. 4. Geopolitics and Language Rivalry: French versus English 87
  9. 5. Writers and Language as a Battlefi eld: ‘Authenticity’ versus ‘Hybridity’ 126
  10. References 171
  11. Index 186
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