Diglossia, linguistic variation, and language change in Arabic

Walters, Keith

doi:10.1075/cilt.134.12wal

In:Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics
Edited by Mushira Eid
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 134] 1996
► pp. 157–200

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Diglossia, linguistic variation, and language change in Arabic

Keith Walters

Published online: 1 March 1996

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.134.12wal

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