Colonial Vocabularies Teaching and Learning Arabic, 1870-1970

Language teaching and learning were crucial to Europeans’ colonial, national, and individual enterprises in the Levant, and in these processes, “Oriental language teachers” – as they were termed prior to the Second World War – were fundamental. European state nationalisms influenced and increasingly...

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Main Authors: Irving, Sarah, Sanchez Summerer, Karène, Mairs, Rachel, Admiraal, Lucia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Amsterdam University Press 2025
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:1
Series:Languages and Culture in History
Subjects:
Arabic language
colonial and postcolonial history
History
History and Archaeology
Institutions and learned societies: general
Interdisciplinary studies
Language and Linguistics
Language: history and general works
Language: reference and general
linguistics
Maghreb
Middle East
Middle Eastern history
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Middle Eastern history
South
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Historical & Comparative
History, Art History, and Archaeology
Arabic language, colonial and postcolonial history, Middle East, Maghreb, linguistics
Israel & Palestine
Modern History
AUP Wetenschappelijk
Middle East
Language Teaching and Learning
Arabic
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Institutions and learned societies: general
Linguistics
Language: history and general works
Heritage and Memory Studies
HISTORY
Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
ISBN:9789048560394, 904856039X, 9048560403, 9789048560400
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Summary:Language teaching and learning were crucial to Europeans’ colonial, national, and individual enterprises in the Levant, and in these processes, “Oriental language teachers” – as they were termed prior to the Second World War – were fundamental. European state nationalisms influenced and increasingly competed with each other by promoting their languages and cultures abroad, by means of both private and governmental actors. At the same time, learning Arabic became more prominent around the Mediterranean. The first half of the twentieth century corresponded with the emergence of new media; language was thought of as a cultural product to be exported into new cultural spaces. However, many blind spots remain in the history of linguistic thought and practices, including the forgotten and neglected voices of those involved in learning and teaching Arabic. This volume aims to revisit aspects of this linguistic encounter, including its vision, profile, priorities, trajectories, and practices.
ISBN:9789048560394
904856039X
9048560403
9789048560400
DOI:10.5117/9789048560394