Generational change and Language in the UAE: The desertion of the Emirati vernacular
During the Last decade, the Arabian Gulf region has been moving towards an increasing use of a ‘Pan Gulf vernacular’, “…a homogenised form of ‘Gulf’ speech not identifiable with any particular Gulf community”(Holes, 2011:130), where new words are introduced or borrowed from neighboring gulf countrie...
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Aalborg University Open Publishing
2015-02-01
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| Online Access: | https://somaesthetics.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/692 |