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Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
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AlgVec: A word embedding model for the algerian dialect in arabic and arabizi
Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information SciencesThis paper introduces AlgVec, a suite of word embedding models trained specifically for the Algerian dialect, a linguistically rich but under-resourced variety of Arabic.
Lamia Ouchene, Sadik Bessou
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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
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Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
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A Shallow Echo: Artificial Intelligence and the Semantic Flattening of the Qur'an
Learned Publishing, Volume 39, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT Scriptural Arabic relies on highly intentional word choices, employing apparent synonyms and near‐synonyms that convey distinct semantic values based on their specific textual placement. Historically, computational translation has struggled to reproduce these precise textual boundaries. Addressing this issue, the present investigation assesses
Ekrema Shehab
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آداب الرافدينThere is a deeply rooted linguistic relationship between Turkish and Arabic, and it is well-known that the Arabic language has significantly influenced the Turkish language.
حسن محمد فرحان فرحان
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World Englishes, heterodoxy, and applied linguistics
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 279-291, June 2026.Abstract It is understandable that many people find it challenging to adopt a positive moral position with regard to English and its role in the world. The language is used in many contexts and situations to prop up systems of discrimination and inequality, leading to negative material and symbolic outcomes.
Christopher Jenks
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Speech corpus for Medina dialect
Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information SciencesAutomatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has standard rules which must be followed and considered carefully. Some difficulties that lead to less ASR performance is variations in pronunciation and small words misrecognition.
Haneen Bahjat Khalafallah +2 more
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IADD: An integrated Arabic dialect identification dataset. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2022 Zahir J.
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The impact of English on local languages: The case of Catalan universities
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 309-322, June 2026.Abstract This article deals with the somehow complex equilibrium of languages used in Catalonia, with a particular analysis of the role of English vis‐a‐vis the national language (Spanish) and the regional official language (Catalan). A discussion of the supremacy of standard languages over local ones in modern history, followed by an account of the ...
Enric Llurda
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