Aspects of Language Variation in Arabic Political Speech-Making

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ISBN: 9780700706730 | 0700706739
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/24/1997

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This socio-linguistic study throws new light on variation and the defining of register in Arabic political discourse. The research is based on three dialects (Egyptian, Iraqi and Libyan) and on political speeches delivered by Gamal Abdunnasir, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Al Gadhdhafi.

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Acknowledgements
Transliteration conventions and abbreviations
The sociolinguistic framework	p. 1
Methodology	p. 28
Form and Function in the Egyptian data	p. 48
Form and Function in the Iraqi data	p. 99
Form and Function in the Libyan data	p. 143
Forms and functions: shared tendencies in the data	p. 189
The political speech as a textual genre	p. 200
Egyptian data - 1957 speech	p. 225
Egyptian data - 1962 speech	p. 229
Iraqi data - 1980 Press conference	p. 233
Libyan Data - 1978 sermon	p. 241
Libyan data - 1981 speech	p. 244
References	p. 249
Index 1: Authors	p. 258
Index 2: General	p. 260
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Aspects of Language Variation in Arabic Political Speech-Making

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