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The Arabic Language in America

Edited by Aleya Rouchdy 		As is any other situation of languages in contact, Arabic spoken in the United States is changing under the influence of English. It has incorporated many different linguistic innovations, and interference from English occurs on the various linguistic levels. However, in many cases this interference does not lead to language attrition, but rather to the creation of an ethnic language with special uses understood only by members of the Arab-American community.
Developed out of Aleya Rouchdy's own involvement and teaching of Arabic in the United States, this book is devoted to the full range of Arabic in America. Primarily for readers with a special interest in Arab immigration, settlement, and ethnicity, The Arabic Language in America will also engage the attention of sociologists, social historians, anthropologists, linguists, and sociolinguists, who will find the book relevant for their work.		 Aleya Rouchdy, a professor of Arabic and linguistics at Wayne State University, received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin.
 
$24.95s paper / ISBN 0-8143-2284-0

352 pages

1992