Arabic Writing in the Digital Age

The written and spoken forms of Arabic have been traditionally viewed as separate forms of the language that rarely overlap in writing, but this book will examine the recently emerged concept of 'mixed' writing that combines both written and spoken forms.

Saussan Khalil, Senior Arabic Language Teacher, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. Founder & Director, Kalamna CIC (www.kalamna.org).

Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements - Introduction - Variation in Arabic - A delineation of variation in Arabic - The proposed theoretical framework: seven writing styles - A practical application of the writing styles in online writing - Colloquial Written Arabic in print, in various dialects - Children's literature and early literacy - Conclusion Index