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Arabic - research
The study of Arabic at the University of Gothenburg has a long and established tradition. A chair in Semitic Languages was established as early as 1898, which in 1970 was converted into a professorship in Arabic. Historically, Arabic dialectology has been a dominant research area within the subject. Today, research is conducted within the field of Arabic Studies in its broadest sense, encompassing both linguistics and literary and cultural studies.
Research areas
Linguistic research is conducted within:
- Corpus linguistics
- Language ideology
- Language policy
- Writing systems research
- Historical linguistics
- Pedagogy / Didactics
Research in literary and cultural studies is conducted within:
- Literary history
- Cultural history
- Translation studies
- Manuscript studies
- Early Arab history
For further details, please refer to the researchers’ individual profile pages via the links below.