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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
wiley   +1 more source

POS tagging of dialectal Arabic [PDF]

Proceedings of the ACL Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages - Semitic '05, 2005
Natural language processing technology for the dialects of Arabic is still in its infancy, due to the problem of obtaining large amounts of text data for spoken Arabic. In this paper we describe the development of a part-of-speech (POS) tagger for Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. We adopt a minimally supervised approach that only requires raw text data from
Kevin Duh, Katrin Kirchhoff
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
wiley   +1 more source

Some observations on the poetical language of love songs in in the dialect of the Jbala (Northen Morocco) [PDF]

, 2006
Este articulo trata sobre canciones populares de tematica amorosa en dialecto arabe yebali. Para ello, nos serviremos de material adicional extraido de algunos dialectos arabes.
Gintsburg, Sarali
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Oral language profiles and associated factors in children after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To characterize language outcomes at age 7 years after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke (NAIS) and identify language profiles and determinants. Method This prospective longitudinal cohort study included 70 children (44 males) from a French cohort with NAIS.
Laure Drutel, Virginie Dardier, Lena Avoyan, Lucie Hertz‐Pannier, Mickaël Dinomais   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Theoretical issues in the interpretation of Cappadocian, a not-so-dead Greek contact language [PDF]

, 2010
Cappadocian is a mixed Greek-Turkish dialect continuum spoken in the Turkish Central Anatolia Region until the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s. Only a few Cappadocian dialects are still spoken in present-day Greece.
Janse, Mark
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Exploring inequities in access to diabetes technologies among children and young people with type 1 diabetes: Perspectives of parents and young people from ethnic minority groups and low socio‐economic areas

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Access to diabetes technology in the UK is significantly influenced by socio‐economic status, ethnicity, and systemic healthcare inequities. This study investigates barriers faced by children and young people (CYP) from ethnic minority backgrounds and/or low socio‐economic areas in accessing diabetes technologies, alongside strategies for
Eda Tonga, Mark Evans, Nick Oliver, Sze May Ng, Natalie Darko   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

L2 Arabic Dialect Comprehension: Empirical Evidence for the Transfer of Familiar Dialect Knowledge to Unfamiliar Dialects

L2 Journal, 2011
Arabic is a diglossic language, and learners must become competent in both Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and a spoken dialect. However, Arabic dialects are typically not taught in U.S. classrooms. One reason is the question of which dialect to teach? This
Emma Trentman
doaj  

Previously Unidentified Turkish Words in the Syrian Dialect of Arabic

Şarkiyat Mecmuası
Language is a living organism that both influences and is influenced by others, and interaction between languages is a natural process. Due to geographical and cultural proximity, Turkish and Arabic languages, along with their dialects, have experienced ...
Muhammed Akif
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The Development and Validation of the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to the increasing need for effective Chinese vocabulary assessments, this study developed the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test (CVLT), a test designed for intermediate‐level Chinese as a second or foreign language (CSL/FL) learners, based on the vocabulary lists (levels 4–6) from the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for ...
Shiwei Qi, Ailan Fu
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