The Impact of Globalization on Arabic Language

Abstract

This research aims to reveal the impact of different surrounding things,

especially globalization, on Arabic language. We know that the Arabic language

has faced many problems, many foreign words, and terms have entered the

Arabic language. The term “globalization” is still new and intellectuals and

politicians are still presenting different concepts of “globalization” because

of the different cultural inclinations, and contrasting self- motivations. Some

of these intellectuals and politicians limit “globalization” to economic issues

and others to cultural matters, and some relate it to everything.

This research is divided into two main parts:

♦♦ The first part is about the theoretical definition of globalization, and its

origins and types. In this part, I spoke about cultural globalization, which

is one of the most dangerous types of globalization. Cultural globalization

leads to the language of globalization, which threatens the Arabic language

in favor of the English language in the Arab nation.

♦♦ The second part is based on "the field research" that takes the language

practice in a social reality a base for collecting information and analyzing

it. In addition, here I depended on my own personal experience with the

students in the university. In addition, I referred to the newspapers, and I

looked at the names of the shops in Jerusalem and Ramallah in particular.

Furthermore, in studying this phenomenon I used the "descriptive

analytical approach".