The use of Egyptian spoken Arabic in modern Egyptian novels

I would first like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor, Prof. Dalal Aboelseoud, for her continuous support of my research, patience, motivation, and immense knowledge. Her guidance has helped me throughout all stages of the research and writing of this thesis. I could not have imagined having a better advisor and mentor for my thesis. Besides my advisor, I would like to thank the rest of my thesis committee, Prof. Zeinab Taha and Prof. Mona Kamel Hassan, not only for their insightful comments and encouragement but also for the hard questions which incited me to expand my research from various perspectives. Also, my sincere thanks go to Dr. Raghda El Essawi for her help and support. I also place on record my sense of gratitude to all who have directly or indirectly lent a hand in seeing this project to completion.. Finally, I offer my heartfelt thanks to my parents for their unfailing encouragement, support, and care throughout my academic and professional path, culminating in the completion of this endeavor.