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Language Conflict in Algeria : From Colonialism to Post-Independence / Mohamed Benrabah.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Multilingual MattersPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781847699640
  • 9781847699657
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.44/60965 23
LOC classification:
  • P130.52.A4 B46 2013
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: Two Cultural Wars in 50 Years -- 1. Circumnavigating a Term: ‘Language Conflict’ and Related Concepts -- 2. Frenchification: Annihilating Indigenous Languages -- 3. Arabization: At War with Diversity -- 4. Geopolitics and Language Rivalry: French versus English -- 5. Writers and Language as a Battlefi eld: ‘Authenticity’ versus ‘Hybridity’ -- References -- Index
Summary: This is a book about the use of languages as a proxy for conflict. It traces the history of Algeria from colonization by the French in 1830 to the celebration of 50 years of independence in 2012, and examines the linguistic issues that have accompanied this turbulent period. The book begins with an examination of 'language conflict' and related concepts, and then applies them to both the French colonists' language policies and the Arabization campaigns which followed independence. This is followed by an analysis of the rivalry between the English and French languages in independent Algeria. The book concludes with a study of the language choices made by Algerian writers and the complex tensions which arose from these choices among intellectuals in the colonial and post-colonial periods.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: Two Cultural Wars in 50 Years -- 1. Circumnavigating a Term: ‘Language Conflict’ and Related Concepts -- 2. Frenchification: Annihilating Indigenous Languages -- 3. Arabization: At War with Diversity -- 4. Geopolitics and Language Rivalry: French versus English -- 5. Writers and Language as a Battlefi eld: ‘Authenticity’ versus ‘Hybridity’ -- References -- Index

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This is a book about the use of languages as a proxy for conflict. It traces the history of Algeria from colonization by the French in 1830 to the celebration of 50 years of independence in 2012, and examines the linguistic issues that have accompanied this turbulent period. The book begins with an examination of 'language conflict' and related concepts, and then applies them to both the French colonists' language policies and the Arabization campaigns which followed independence. This is followed by an analysis of the rivalry between the English and French languages in independent Algeria. The book concludes with a study of the language choices made by Algerian writers and the complex tensions which arose from these choices among intellectuals in the colonial and post-colonial periods.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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