Mohammed Sawaie
Biographic Data
| ID | 777961 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohammed Sawaie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohammed |
| FAMILY NAME | Sawaie |
| SIGNATURE | SAWAIE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Turkish Language Reform
Reviewed by: The Turkish language reform: A catastrophic success by Geoffrey Lewis Mohammed Sawaie The Turkish language reform: A catastrophic success. By Geoffrey Lewis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. 190. ISBN 0199256691. $24.95. This book consists of twelve chapters. Ch. 2 (5–26) is a treatment of Ottoman Turkish, its historical development as it extensively incorporated elements from Arabic and Persian, and the attempts of [End Pa…
Rifa ⊂ a Rafi ⊂ Al-Tahtawi and His Contribution to the Lexical Development of Modern Literary Arabic
In the 19th century, Europe had a tangible impact on the Arab East. During this period, Arabic-speaking regions were brought into intimate contact with the West, both through military intrusion (e.g., the French in 1798–1801 and the British in Egypt in 1882), and institutional penetration (e.g., the founding of Western-style schools and higher-education institutions in the Levant in the 1800s by Christian missionaries such as the Syrian Protestan…
Dialectologia Arabica
Islamic Values in the Unites States
Future of the Arabic Language in America
Future of the Arabic Language in America: A Sociolinguistic Study, by Bader S. Dweik. vii + 114 pages, 4 appendices, bibliography, tables, 4 maps. Distributed by Sharbain’s Bookshop, P.O. Box 19903, Jerusalem. Available in the U.S.A. from the author: P.O. Box 5225, Largo, Florida 34649. Jerusalem, (n.p.) 1985. $10.00 pb. - Volume 22 Issue 2
Jurjī Zaydān (1861-1914)
This article explores Jurjī Zaydān's contribution to questions that the Arabic language was confronted with at the turn of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. These questions pertained to the capability of Arabic as a medium of communication, its appropriateness to express new ideas, and its suitability for use in education and for naming technological items borrowed from the West. As can be imagined, the pre-occupation of theNahḍahAr…
The present and future status of a minority language
The author examines the use of Arabic in the United States in four institutional resources: periodic press, places of worship, ethnic community schools and the electronic media (radio and television) in the 1980's. The current status of Arabic is compared with the early period (1890's‐1930's) among Arabic‐speaking immigrants to the United States. During this early period the size of the ethnic community, the social power associated with English t…
Rifa ⊂ a Rafi ⊂ Al-Tahtawi and His Contribution to the Lexical Development of Modern Literary Arabic
In the 19th century, Europe had a tangible impact on the Arab East. During this period, Arabic-speaking regions were brought into intimate contact with the West, both through military intrusion (e.g., the French in 1798–1801 and the British in Egypt in 1882), and institutional penetration (e.g., the founding of Western-style schools and higher-education institutions in the Levant in the 1800s by Christian missionaries such as the Syrian Protestan…
The present and future status of a minority language
The author examines the use of Arabic in the United States in four institutional resources: periodic press, places of worship, ethnic community schools and the electronic media (radio and television) in the 1980's. The current status of Arabic is compared with the early period (1890's‐1930's) among Arabic‐speaking immigrants to the United States. During this early period the size of the ethnic community, the social power associated with English t…
Jurjī Zaydān (1861-1914)
This article explores Jurjī Zaydān's contribution to questions that the Arabic language was confronted with at the turn of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. These questions pertained to the capability of Arabic as a medium of communication, its appropriateness to express new ideas, and its suitability for use in education and for naming technological items borrowed from the West. As can be imagined, the pre-occupation of theNahḍahAr…
The present and future status of a minority language
The author examines the use of Arabic in the United States in four institutional resources: periodic press, places of worship, ethnic community schools and the electronic media (radio and television) in the 1980's. The current status of Arabic is compared with the early period (1890's‐1930's) among Arabic‐speaking immigrants to the United States. During this early period the size of the ethnic community, the social power associated with English t…
Jurjī Zaydān (1861-1914)
This article explores Jurjī Zaydān's contribution to questions that the Arabic language was confronted with at the turn of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. These questions pertained to the capability of Arabic as a medium of communication, its appropriateness to express new ideas, and its suitability for use in education and for naming technological items borrowed from the West. As can be imagined, the pre-occupation of theNahḍahAr…
Future of the Arabic Language in America
Future of the Arabic Language in America: A Sociolinguistic Study, by Bader S. Dweik. vii + 114 pages, 4 appendices, bibliography, tables, 4 maps. Distributed by Sharbain’s Bookshop, P.O. Box 19903, Jerusalem. Available in the U.S.A. from the author: P.O. Box 5225, Largo, Florida 34649. Jerusalem, (n.p.) 1985. $10.00 pb. - Volume 22 Issue 2
Islamic Values in the Unites States
Dialectologia Arabica
Rifa ⊂ a Rafi ⊂ Al-Tahtawi and His Contribution to the Lexical Development of Modern Literary Arabic
In the 19th century, Europe had a tangible impact on the Arab East. During this period, Arabic-speaking regions were brought into intimate contact with the West, both through military intrusion (e.g., the French in 1798–1801 and the British in Egypt in 1882), and institutional penetration (e.g., the founding of Western-style schools and higher-education institutions in the Levant in the 1800s by Christian missionaries such as the Syrian Protestan…
The Turkish Language Reform
Reviewed by: The Turkish language reform: A catastrophic success by Geoffrey Lewis Mohammed Sawaie The Turkish language reform: A catastrophic success. By Geoffrey Lewis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. 190. ISBN 0199256691. $24.95. This book consists of twelve chapters. Ch. 2 (5–26) is a treatment of Ottoman Turkish, its historical development as it extensively incorporated elements from Arabic and Persian, and the attempts of [End Pa…
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