To what extent are sacred language practices ultralingual? The experience of British Muslim children learning Qur’anic Arabic
International Journal of Bilingualism
Published online on October 13, 2023
Abstract
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This article draws on qualitative data from a study of young Muslims learning Qur’anic Arabic in the UK to reveal how they engage in sacred language practices that I choose to call ‘ultralingual’. Such practices inevitably foreground linguistic form and ...
This article draws on qualitative data from a study of young Muslims learning Qur’anic Arabic in the UK to reveal how they engage in sacred language practices that I choose to call ‘ultralingual’. Such practices inevitably foreground linguistic form and ...