Dominique Caubet

« Dominique Caubet a réalisé une série d'entretiens avec des artistes d'horizons divers pour mieux appréhender une pluralité linguistique qui a su résister aux politiques, répressives et désastreuses, d'uniformisation.» Le Monde des livres « Bien loin des arguties politiciennes et de la langue de bois, les auteurs montrent comment leur création s'enracine dans une, deux ou trois langues pour parler : des langue maternelles qui plongent dans le terroir, mais à contre-courant des tabous, qui refusent d'être bridées par des normes, qui empruntent, déforment et s'approprient.» Le Monde diplomatique « Entre la France et les pays du Maghreb, la contagion verbale est constante. Quand les Français d'origine maghrébine reviennent au bled pour les vacances, ils diffusent les dernières inventions à la mode.» Télérama

Entretiens avec Fellag, Cheb Sahraoui, Allalou, Fadhel Jaïbi, Baâziz, Aziz Chouaki, Gyps, Amazigh Kateb, Rachid Taha, etc.

Les mots du bled

Catherine Miller

Enam Al-Wer

Janet C.E. Watson

Lecturer in Linguistics Department of Language and Linguistics Enam Al-Wer

Senior Lecturer Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Janet C E Watson

Filling a gap in the literature currently available on the topic, this edited collection is the first examination of the interplay between urbanization, language variation and language change in fifteen major Arab cities. The Arab world presents very different types and degrees of urbanization, from well established old capital-cities such as Cairo to new emerging capital-cities such as Amman or Nouakchott, these in turn embedded in different types of national construction. It is these urban settings which raise questions concerning the dynamics of homogenization/differentiation and the processes of standardization due to the coexistence of competing linguistic models. Topics investigated include: History of settlement The linguistic impact of migration The emergence of new urban vernaculars Dialect convergence and divergence Code-switching, youth language and new urban culture Arabic in the Diaspora Arabic among non-Arab groups. Containing a broad selection of case studies from across the Arab world and featuring contributions from leading urban sociolinguistics and dialectologists, this book presents a fresh approach to our understanding of the interaction between language, society and space. As such, the book will appeal to the linguist as well as to the social scientist in general.

Issues in Dialect Contact and Language Variation

Arabic in the City

Dominique Caubet

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