57. Arabic Urban Vernaculars

The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization

“…In the late 1970s, variationist sociolinguistic studies started to explore language variation and change in Arab urban centres. Massive urbanization and intra-national migration occurring in the twentieth century had turned those centres into clusters of regional and ethnic/communal dialects (Miller 2004, Miller 2007). 9 From this perspective, most contemporary Arabic urban vernaculars can be considered New Urban Vernaculars, as they emerged due to dialect contact, convergence, variation and change.…”

Standardization and New Urban Vernaculars

“…In the late 1970s, variationist sociolinguistic studies started to explore language variation and change in Arab urban centres. Massive urbanization and intra-national migration occurring in the twentieth century had turned those centres into clusters of regional and ethnic/communal dialects (Miller 2004, Miller 2007). 9 From this perspective, most contemporary Arabic urban vernaculars can be considered New Urban Vernaculars, as they emerged due to dialect contact, convergence, variation and change.…”