Sacred language, ordinary people: dilemmas of culture and politics in egypt
Auteur :
Haeri, N.
Éditeur :
St Martin's Press
ISBN :
9780312238971
Date de publication :
24 févr. 2003
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Classical Arabic is the official language of all Arab states although it is not spoken as a mother tongue by any group of Arabs. For more than a century and a half, writers and institutions have been engaged in struggles to modernize Classical Arabic in order to render it into a language of contemporary life.