附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index.
The Arabic language and national identity : aims and scope -- Aims of the study : the disciplinary context -- What is national identity? -- Theoretical and empirical scope -- Setting the scene -- Definition : the Achilles Heel -- Two modes of defining the nation -- Two types of nation, two types of nationalism -- Language and national identity -- The past lives on -- In praise of Arabic -- Hikmat al-'Arab : wisdom of the Arabs -- Lahn : solecism -- 'Ajam and 'Arab -- The Arabs as a nation (umma) : further evidence -- The Arabic language unites us -- From Ottomanism to Turkism : the Turkification of the Ottoman Turks -- From Ottomanism to Arabism : preliminary remarks -- The Placards -- Resisting linguistic Turkification -- The intellectuals speak -- Ibrahim al-Yaziji : from immediate aims to underlying motives -- Arabic, first and foremost -- Under the banner of Arabic -- Sati' al-Husri : Arabic, first and foremost -- Populism : a question of style -- Nation, language and education -- Defining the Arab nation -- Arab nationalism and the ideologisation of the language -- Nation, language and religion -- Between the standard and the dialects : the case for linguistic reforms -- Zaki al-Arsuzi : the genius of the Arab nation inheres in its language -- The Arabic language and territorial nationalism -- The Arabic language and territorial nationalism : Antun Sa'ada and regional Syrian nationalism -- The Arabic language and Egyptian nationalism : early beginnings -- The Arabic language and Egyptian nationalism : full elaboration -- The Arabic language and Egyptian nationalism : Salama Musa -- The Arabic language and Egyptian Nationalism : Taha Husayn -- The Arabic language and Egyptian Nationalism : Luwis 'Awad -- The Arabic language and Lebanese Nationalism : 'Abdalla Lahhud -- The Arabic language and Lebanese nationalism : Kamal Yusuf al-Haj -- Conclusion : looking back, looking forward -- The Arabic language and national identity : looking back -- The Arabic languag
摘要:The core focus of this study is Arab nationalism in the Middle East. Yasir Suleiman links the role of language to the articulation of a nationalist ideology.
