Syria's Arab Spring : language enrichment in the midst of revolution

This paper analyzes linguistic transformations of the Arabic language that have been taking place since the start of the revolution in March 2011. Building on Basil Bernstein‟s sociolinguistic theory of language codes (2002), the paper starts by providing an analysis of the communication codes devel...

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Main Author: Neggaz, N
Format: Journal article
Published: Language and Society 2013