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World Englishes, heterodoxy, and applied linguistics
World Englishes, EarlyView.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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The impact of English on local languages: The case of Catalan universities
World Englishes, EarlyView.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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Qur'anic Readings and Modern Arabic Dialects: A Descriptive-Comparative Linguistic Study
QiSTThis study aims to explore the phonological relationship between Qur'anic readings (qirā'āt) and modern Arabic dialects by examining how variations in the recitations reflect the diversity of Arabic pronunciation from the early Islamic period to the ...
Rushdi Al Sabahi +2 more
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Communication and Language Profiles of Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, Volume 73, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background Cognitive and language deficits are frequently reported sequelae of posterior fossa brain tumors (PFBT). Typically, delayed onset impedes prompt assessment and early intervention. This has devastating implications for quality of life.
Zara Sved +4 more
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Contested heritage landscapes for Arabic language learning in a postcolonial France
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract This article analyzes the contested and multiple meanings of “heritage” that emerge for advanced Arabic language learners in a postcolonial France. A linguistic life histories approach reveals a fraught duality of privileged access and exclusionary adversity for heritage students of Arabic.
Chantal Tetreault +2 more
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A Transformer-Based Neural Machine Translation Model for Arabic Dialects That Utilizes Subword Units. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2021 Baniata LH, Ampomah IKE, Park S.
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Considering a lexicographic plan for Gabon within the Gabonese language landscape [PDF]
, 2009 This article raises a number of questions that should be dealt with in drawing up a lexicographic plan for Gabon. For which of the Gabonese languages should lexicographic units be established? This question entrains the issue of inventorying the Gabonese
Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Hugues Steve
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Subdivisions of Faifi Arabic: a perceptual dialectology approach
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThis paper investigates the perspectives held by native speakers of Faifi Arabic concerning the categorization of Faifi Arabic subdialects. Through the utilization of perceptual dialectology research techniques, participants engaged in two distinct tasks.
Abdullah Alfaifi
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Refugees from Iraq in Buffalo [PDF]
, 2015 The country of Iraq suffers from war and terrorism on a daily basis. Currently the population of Iraq is approximately 28 million, of whom about 75% are Arab, 17% are Kurds and the remainder mostly Armenians, Assyrians and Turks.
Partnership for the Public Good
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WHICH VARIETIES OF ARABIC TO LEARN
Human Research in Rehabilitation, 2020 Teaching Arabic as a foreign language is very specific for different reasons. The main obstacle in searching for the optimal and effective teaching model for the Arabic language is the pronounced diglossia, a situation in which two languages or two ...
Andjelka Mitrovic
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