The arabic language and contemporary egyptian national values: A lexical analysis

Psychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-38

  Renner, Walter ^a   Myambo, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Culture; Egypt; Human values; Lexical approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547411883     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2007.26     Document Type: Article

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