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Download full textGreis, Naguib – 2000
The Arabic language used in Egypt is traditionally divided into two major types: classical and colloquial. The idea is that classical or literary Arabic is to be found mostly in formal writing and speaking, whereas colloquial Arabic is used mainly in daily conversation. When it comes to actual usage, however, this distinction is not always clearly…
Descriptors: Arabic, Foreign Countries, Humor, Language Usage
Pedersen, E. Martin – Messana: Rassegna di Studi Filologici Linguistici e Storici, 1993
American slang reflects diversity, imagination, self-confidence, and optimism of the American people. Its vitality is due in part to the guarantee of free speech and lack of a national academy of language or of any official attempt to purify American speech, in part to Americans' historic geographic mobility. Such "folksay" includes…
Descriptors: American Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Folk Culture
