Arabization and terminology Outline Definitions Justifications for Arabization

Arabization and terminology

Outline: • Definitions • Justifications for Arabization • Possibility of Arabization • Scope of Arabization • Pros and cons • Problems of Arabization

Definitions What is Arabization? 1. Borrowing (foreignness) 2. Translating 3. Arabization of administration 4. Arabization of all aspects of life.

How about the non-Arab perspective? • Arabization means the domination of Arabic in non-Arab communities. • The growth of Arab existence in non. Arab countries.

Justifications for Arabization • 1. Transference of knowledge. • 2. Making knowledge accessible to people who speak only Arabic. • 3. Helping Arabs absorb and contribute to the human civilization more efficiently. • 4. Safeguarding Arabic, identity, culture, thought, and civilization.

5. Development of Arabic. 6. Protecting the language from being replaced by other languages or even local dialects, and keeping it alive. 7. reinforcing national identity 8. consolidating Arab existence. 9. strengthening Arab unity

Arabic is a national, social, scientific, educational, religious, cultural, ideological, and mental necessity.

Possibility of Arabization 1. Language 2. Academic specialism 3. Specialist references 4. Publishing institutions 5. Financial support 6. Willingness 7. Modern technology.

Scope of Arabization • Types of language and terms tackled. • Expansion of Arabized terms in favor of the Arabic ones. • Semantic dimension of Arabized terms

Pros and Cons • Cons: • Some non-Arabs (Wilcos, Wilmore, Vassinon, Colin) were against Arabic who accused it of being the reason why Arabs lacked the power inventions, of being old-fashioned, archaic, incapacitated, inert. • Some Arabs (Abdulaziz Fahmi Pasha, Maron Ghusn, Salama Mosa) argued that Arabic could not be universal unless it was transcribed in Latin letters.

• Some Arabs (Ahmed Lutfi Assayed, Luis Awad, Mahmoud Azmi, Ameen Al. Khuli, Anees Freihah, Said Aql, …) called for replacing formal Arabic with colloquial Arabic and local dialects because they are easier and free from linguistic complexities. • Some Arabs who studied abroad think that English is the international language of science, so we can learn it and there is no need for Arabization.

• Pros: • Arabic, like any other language, is capable of rendering foreign terms. • Arabic represents the identity of its people and their cultural tool. • Arabic is a strong, sophisticated, wellestablished, well-organized language. • If a dead language, like ………………. . , was brought to life, then Arabic is qualified to do more. • Arabic has enriched other languages with vocabulary items.

• Arabic has never been a fossilized language; it always borrowed foreign words. • Arabization should be in formal Arabic only. Its alleged difficulty is ruled out by frequency of use and familiarity. • Arabization should be undertaken not only for specialists but also for the public. • The protection and endorsement of the Arabic language.

Problems of Arabization • Modernizing Arabic. • Terminological discrepancies. • Popularizing terms. • Shortage in the number and performance of official institutions concerned. • Hesitance and inconsistency ( )ﺇﺭﺯﻳﺰ.