Arabic and its Alternatives Religious Minorities and their Languages in the Emerging Nation States of the Middle East (1920-1950)

Arabic and its Alternatives discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion and communal identities in the Middle East in the period following the First World War, taking its starting point in the non-Arabic and non-Muslim communities of the region.

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Main Authors Murre-van den Berg, H. L., Sanchez-Summerer, Karene, Baarda, Tijmen C
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Leiden BRILL 03.03.2020
Brill
Edition1
Subjects
Asian Studies
History
Language and culture
Language and culture > Middle East > History
Languages
Languages in contact
Languages in contact > Middle East > History
Linguistic minorities
Linguistic minorities > Middle East > History
Middle East
Middle East > Languages
Middle East Studies
Minorities
Minorities > Middle East > History
Multilingualism
Multilingualism > Middle East > History
Religious minorities
Religious minorities > Middle East > History
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ISBN9004382690
9789004382695
DOI10.1163/j.ctv2gjwzqw

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Preface Note on Transcription Notes on Contributors CHAPTER 1: Arabic and its Alternatives: CHAPTER 2: Vernacularization as Governmentalization: CHAPTER 3: “Yan, Of, Ef, Viç, İç, İs, Dis, Pulos …”: CHAPTER 4: “Young Phoenicians” and the Quest for a Lebanese Language: CHAPTER 5: “Those Who Pronounce the Ḍād”: CHAPTER 6: Arabic and the Syriac Christians in Iraq: CHAPTER 7: Awakening, or Watchfulness: CHAPTER 8: Global Jewish Philanthropy and Linguistic Pragmatism in Baghdad CHAPTER 9: Past Perfect: CHAPTER 10: United by Faith, Divided by Language: CHAPTER 11: Arabic vs. Greek: CHAPTER 12: Between Local Power and Global Politics: CHAPTER 13: Epilogue Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transcription -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Arabic and its Alternatives: Language and Religion in the Ottoman Empire and its Successor States -- 2 Vernacularization as Governmentalization: the Development of Kurdish in Mandate Iraq -- 3 "Yan, Of, Ef, Viç, İç, İs, Dis, Pulos …": the Surname Reform, the "Non-Muslims," and the Politics of Uncertainty in Post-genocidal Turkey -- 4 "Young Phoenicians" and the Quest for a Lebanese Language: between Lebanonism, Phoenicianism, and Arabism -- 5 "Those Who Pronounce the Ḍād": Language and Ethnicity in the Nationalist Poetry of Fuʾad al-Khatib (1880-1957) -- 6 Arabic and the Syriac Christians in Iraq: Three Levels of Loyalty to the Arabist Project (1920-1950) -- 7 Awakening, or Watchfulness: Naum Faiq and Syriac Language Poetry at the Fall of the Ottoman Empire -- 8 Global Jewish Philanthropy and Linguistic Pragmatism in Baghdad -- 9 Past Perfect: Jewish Memories of Language and the Politics of Arabic in Mandate Palestine -- 10 United by Faith, Divided by Language: the Orthodox in Jerusalem -- 11 Arabic vs. Greek: the Linguistic Aspect of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church Controversy in Late Ottoman Times and the British Mandate -- 12 Between Local Power and Global Politics: Playing with Languages in the Franciscan Printing Press of Jerusalem -- 13 Epilogue -- Index