AWST-115 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Modern Standard Arabic, Semitic Languages, Arab Spring
8 Jan 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Title: the question of language (ch. 1), cambridge companion to modern arab culture. This chapter discusses how arabic can be both authentic and modern. The reading focuses on the various forms of arabic by looking at their history and their recent impact of modern communication technology, especially in the arab spring. Arabic is a part of the semitic family of language. Arabic is the official language of the twenty-two member nations of the arab league. Arabic was one of the last of the semitic languages to emerge in writing, classical arabic. Aramaic. has many grammatical features that are considered to be very old, hence its grammatical system has played an important role in the reconstruction of the history of the semitic languages. The arabic writing system developed into its current form soon after the qur an became popular. The arabic of this text and the poetry was codified as a standard language in the.
