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Arabic Language: Historic and Sociolinguistic Characteristics

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  • Ibrahim Al-Huri

    (Ph.D. Research Scholar Center for English Studies Central University of Jharkhand)

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This study tries to highlight the historical development of Arabic throughout the centuries. It also presents some linguistic characteristics of Arabic with a slight comparison to Sana’ani Yemen Dialect. In addition, the study presents the diglossic situation of Arabic through discussing the social role played by both Modern Standard Arabic (henceforth MSA) and the different Arabic dialects in the Arab societies as well as the relationship between diglossia and education. Historically, the study shows that Arabic has been undergone different stages of development and progress over the centuries and the advent of Islam marks the real occurrence of Arabic as a standard language through the revelation of the Holy Quran which was revealed in Arabic. Such a remarkable turning point immensely contributed to transmitting Arabic from the unknown side of the history to be a world language. On the other hand, Arabic has unique linguistic characteristics which make it a distinctive language. Moreover, Arabic shares with other Semitic languages the root of pattern morphology which functions as a generator of Arabic words.

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  • Ibrahim Al-Huri, 2015. "Arabic Language: Historic and Sociolinguistic Characteristics," English Literature and Language Review, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 1(4), pages 28-36, 07-2015.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:ellrar:2015:p:28-36
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