Rawia Hayik

The Linguistic Landscape in Israel through Palestinian Eyes

Observations, Critique, and Demands for Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book uses a sociolinguistic framework to explore how language serves as a marker of national identity in conflict zones, focusing on the dystopian portrayal of Arabic as a minority language in Israel through the perspectives of Israeli Palestinian students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780367462666
• ISBN-10: 0367462664
• Artikelnr.: 73329741

Autorenporträt

Rawia Hayik is a senior lecturer in and head of the English Department at Sakhnin Academic College for Teacher Education, Israel. She finished her PhD in the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department at Indiana University in the United States. Recently, she served as a visiting scholar in the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures department at UCLA, USA. Her research interests include critical pedagogies in the Palestinian-Israeli EFL classroom, multicultural children's literature, the linguistic landscape, and professional identities of prospective English teachers.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1) Background: Arabic in Israel
2) The Linguistic Landscape Reality in Israel
3) The Linguistic Landscape Reality in Israel through the Arab
4) Theoretical Framework
5) Methodology
6) Data analysis
6a) On official signs
6b) The Absence of Arabic from commercial signs produced by Arab business
owners
6c) Religious signs
Conclusion