A sociolinguistic perspective to Arabic and Arabs virtual communities with special reference to the Shi’a as a religious minority in the Arab World
Other Title(s)
رؤية اجتماعية لغوية للمجتمعات العربية الافتراضية مع إشارة خاصة للشيعة كأقلية دينية في العالم العربي
Author
Source
al-Mustansiriya Journal of Arts
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 56 (31 Mar. 2012), pp.1-36, 36 p.
Publisher
Al-Mustansiriyah University College Of Arts
Publication Date
2012-03-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
36
Main Subjects
Arabic language and Literature
Abstract EN
Arabic, which is the fifth world language with regard to the number of speakers, geographical spread, and socio-literary prestige (Weber:1997 cited in Palfreyman and al Khalil: 2003; p.9) , similar to all other languages whose orthographical system is not based on Latin symbols has been subject to various types of changes resulted from the language contact with English as the default language used in the computer mediated communication supported by the various tools of the modern technology which represent the most prominent hallmark of our new age of globalization.
This paper presents a sociolinguistic account of the language contact between English and Arabic on the internet.
It discusses the sociocultural and sociopolitical considerations in the Arab world that led to and resulted from this language contact predicting a new phase of Arabic in the forthcoming decades.
It investigates, moreover, the sociolinguistic grounds of the social interaction within and between the Arab virtual communities on the internet.
The religious minority of the Shi’a in the Arab world has been selected as the specified ethnic and religious group of investigation.
The religious, social, and cultural connotations of the interaction occur in their virtual communities have been investigated together with their relation to the other Arab virtual communities.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jumah, Muayyad Jumah. 2012. A sociolinguistic perspective to Arabic and Arabs virtual communities with special reference to the Shi’a as a religious minority in the Arab World. al-Mustansiriya Journal of Arts،Vol. 2012, no. 56, pp.1-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-967151
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jumah, Muayyad Jumah. A sociolinguistic perspective to Arabic and Arabs virtual communities with special reference to the Shi’a as a religious minority in the Arab World. al-Mustansiriya Journal of Arts No. 56 (2012), pp.1-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-967151
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jumah, Muayyad Jumah. A sociolinguistic perspective to Arabic and Arabs virtual communities with special reference to the Shi’a as a religious minority in the Arab World. al-Mustansiriya Journal of Arts. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 56, pp.1-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-967151
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes margin notes.
Record ID
BIM-967151