New Perspectives in Arabic Linguistics

New Perspectives in Arabic Linguistics

Structuralist Studies in Arabic Linguistics: Charles A. Ferguson’s Papers, 1954-1994

Structuralist Studies in Arabic Linguistics: Charles A. Ferguson’s Papers, 1954-1994

Containing Charles Ferguson’s papers on Arabic linguistics, this volume addresses issues of continuing concern in phonology, syntax, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics. The introduction provides a biographical sketch, including excerpts from […]


Vision, Race, and Modernity: A Visual Economy of the Andean World

Vision, Race, and Modernity: A Visual Economy of the Andean World

Through an intensive examination of photographs and engravings from European, Peruvian, and U.S. archives, Deborah Poole explores the role visual images and technologies have played in shaping modern understandings of […]


The Sociolinguistic Market of Cairo: Gender, Class, and Education (Library of Arabic Linguistics)

The Sociolinguistic Market of Cairo: Gender, Class, and Education (Library of Arabic Linguistics)

Elaborating on the relations between classical and non-classical Arabic, this book is a contribution to Arabic linguistics, sociolinguistics and to studies of the role of gender in variation and change. […]


Unruly Order: Violence, Power, and Cultural Identity in the High Provinces of Southern Peru

Unruly Order: Violence, Power, and Cultural Identity in the High Provinces of Southern Peru

An examination of the cultural and historical dimensions of violence in Peru, of how daily forms of violence differ from political violence, and what it means for violence to be […]


Peru: Time of Fear

Peru: Time of Fear

Since 1980, Peru has been the scene of an escalating civil war. On one side are the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) Maoists determined to destroy existing society. On the other, […]