This special issue is concerned with topics in Arabic Sociolinguistics and focuses particularly on language variation and change, Diglossia, Code-Switching, language contact and language policies. It discusses and opens debates around the various new approaches, models and frameworks applied to different settings relevant to the study of many aspects of the Arabic language. This particular issue provides insghts into the understanding of sociolinguistic phenomena associated to the varieties, dialects, styles and registers of Arabic with empirical evidence from qualitative and quantitative perspectives.

The scopes of this issue includes, but not limited to, these topic areas : ecolinguistics, contact linguistics, and language policies. Researchers interested in the following topics are warmly invited to submit their papers.

Aims and Scope:

Ecolinguistic Structures and Langage Contact in Arabic
Arabic Dialects and Ecolinguistic Variation
Diglossia, Linguistic Variation and Code-Switching in Arabic
Current Perspectives on Arabic Diglossia
Arabic Language in Contact with other Languages : Berber, Spanish, French and English
The process of Arabization and Language Policy in The Arab World
Levelling and Language change in Arabic
Sociolinguistic Variation, Attitudes and Identity Construction in relevance to Arabic
Phonetic/Phonological Perspectives on Arabic
Minority Languages, Attitudes and Identity Negociation in the Arab World
Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Arabic
Arabic Language in the School : debates, methods and issues
Arabic Language in the media : Perspectives and Prospects
Arabic Diglossia and its Implications on Language Learning
Arabic Language in the Diaspora
Arabic as a Foreign Language : Perceptions, Attitudes and Implications
Language use and communities of practice in Arab speaking countries
Borrowing, Code-Switching, Code-Mixing and Social Networks in Arab speaking countries