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The global regime of language recognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
There is no universally accepted working linguistic definition of a language; the distinction between a dialect and a language is a political question.
Kamusella, Tomasz Dominik
core   +2 more sources

Researching Vulnerability in Multilingual Contexts: Trauma, Ethics, and Pedagogy

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the complex intersections of trauma, vulnerability, multilingualism, and ethics in refugee settings. Drawing on the author's personal experiences as a refugee academic and years of research in refugee English language education and noneducation contexts, it employs an autoethnographic approach to critically examine ...
Mohammed Ateek
wiley   +1 more source

The phonology and micro-typology of Arabic R

open access: yesGlossa, 2019
The R sound exhibits considerable variability both across and within Arabic dialects; one that covers place and manner of articulation, as well as the notorious emphatic-plain distinction.
Islam Youssef
doaj   +2 more sources

New Perspectives on the Urban–Rural Dichotomy and Dialect Contact in the Arabic gələt Dialects in Iraq and South-West Iran

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
This paper reevaluates the ground on which the division into urban and rural gələt dialects, as spoken in Iraq and Khuzestan (south-western Iran), is built on.
Bettina Leitner
doaj   +1 more source

Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Arabic was traditionally described as lughat al-Ρād ‘the language of Ρād’ due to the perceived unusualness of the sound. From Sībawayhi’s description, early Arabic Ρād was clearly a lateral or lateralized emphatic.
Al-Azraqi, M, Watson, JCE
core  

Variation in polar interrogative contours within and between Arabic dialects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Quantitative analysis of fundamental frequency (F0) contours in yes/no-questions and coordinated questions, are compared across eight Arabic dialects, based on scripted role play data from the Intonational Variation in Arabic corpus [1]. Visualisation of
Hellmuth, Sam
core   +1 more source

Multi-Dialect Arabic Speech Recognition [PDF]

open access: yes2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2020
This paper presents the design and development of multi-dialect automatic speech recognition for Arabic. Deep neural networks are becoming an effective tool to solve sequential data problems, particularly, adopting an end-to-end training of the system.
openaire   +2 more sources

Translation and Cross‐Cultural Adaptation of Sydney Swallow Questionnaire in Urdu and Its Psychometric Properties Among Post‐Stroke Dysphagia Patients

open access: yesWorld Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Self‐rating questionnaires provide a detailed overview of the symptomatic severity of post‐stroke dysphagia in the geriatric population; such assessment tools or the subjective evaluation of post‐stroke dysphagia are unavailable for Urdu‐speaking patients.
Syeda Amna Ejaz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

On vocalism in Moroccan Arabic dialects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Descripción de los fonemas vocálicos del árabe dialectal ...
Aguadé Bofill, Jordi
core   +1 more source

The spoken Omani Arabic of ‘Ibrī : A “Crossing Point” in Gulf dialects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
‘Ibrī is located half-way in between Mascat and Dubai, and is very close to the Emirates border. This proximity facilitates young male citizens that look for job opportunities in the rich Emirates.
Lombezzi, Letizia
core   +1 more source

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