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Download full textBelkin, V.M. – 1964
The author notes the problems arising from the dichotomy between literary Arabic and the spoken varieties. The thousand-year-old system of teaching literary Arabic, the archaic elements of grammar, and the writing system are discussed. The written history of the literary language is presented in three stages--(1) the pre-Islamic classical, (2) the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Dialect Studies, Language Research, Language Usage
Redard, Francoise, Ed.; And Others – Bulletin CILA, 1981
These papers on the subject of the Swiss German language examine the status and attitudes of the Swiss German speaker, the reaction of other linguistic communities to Swiss German, and the necessity and/or possibility of learning Swiss German. The following articles are included: (1) "Le 'Schwyzertutsch': ecran ou lien? (Is Swiss German a…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Dialect Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, German
Magner, Thomas F. – Canadian Slavic Studies
Yugoslavia, a country with a population of about 20,000,000, has as official languages Macedonian, Slovenian, and Serbo-Croatian. The latter is the cause of much controversy, for while Croatian and Serbian indisputably have a common linguistic base, the political and economic tensions between the two "nationalities" augment disagreement…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, Cyrillic Alphabet, Dialect Studies
