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diglossia
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Diglossia (ازدواجية لغوية) is a linguistic phenomenon where two distinct varieties of a language coexist within the same speech community, each serving different social functions. In Arabic, this typically refers to the use of Modern Standard Arabic for formal contexts and regional dialects for everyday communication.
Lisa Schor on How to Get Started in Syrian Arabic
Lisa Schor, an Arabic teacher and doctoral candidate, shares her passion for transforming Arabic education. In this interview, she discusses her book "Akīd!," a textbook for Syrian Arabic beginners, highlighting its practical approach to conversational skills, basic vocabulary, and cultural understanding for A1 level learners.
What Happens in Your Brain When You Learn Arabic?
A new Max Planck Institute study explores brain differences when learning Arabic or German. Dr. Matthias Schwendemann discusses how native Arabic speakers' brains adapt to German, offering good news and motivation for adults learning new languages later in life.
“Being a lexicographer is a lifelong sentence” | Jan Hoogland | 9273 Roots #31
He's the Dutch Arabist whose work forms the core of the legendary Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Jan Hoogland shares the inside story of its creation, his decades-long passion for Morocco and its Darija dialect, and why a single word's entry with 47 collocations is his absolute favorite.
“How a dive trip to Egypt led a 14-year-old to teach himself Arabic” | Georg Binder | 9273 Roots #29
Long before the internet, a dive trip to Egypt inspired 14-year-old Georg Binder to teach himself Arabic in his small Austrian town. He discusses his lifelong passion, his love for Khalil Gibran's The Prophet, and his "have a go" approach to mastering the Egyptian dialect.
