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In:Arabic in Contact
Edited by Stefano Manfredi and Mauro Tosco
[Studies in Arabic Linguistics 6] 2018
► pp. 1–17

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Arabic in contact, now and then

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 | University of Turin
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Published online: 10 July 2018
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Article outline
  • 1.Contact linguistics and Arabic in contact
  • 2.In and from Arabic: Grammar in context
  • 3.In and from Arabic: Dealing with words
  • 4.Deep contact: Arabic-based contact languages
  • 5.Back to the speaker: Codeswitching and language ideologies
  • 6.Envoy
  • Notes
  • References
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