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To what extent are sacred language practices ultralingual? The experience of British Muslim children learning Qur’anic Arabic

International Journal of Bilingualism

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Abstract

International Journal of Bilingualism, Ahead of Print.
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 ...