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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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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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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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, 2013 International audienceThe developpment of NLP tools for dialects faces the severe problem of lack of resources for such dialects. In the case of diglossia, as in arabic, a variant of arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, exists, for which many resources have ...
Boujelbane, Rahma +3 more
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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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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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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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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background The Self‐efficacy for Appropriate Medication Use Scale, also known as SEAMS, is a widely used self‐reported measure of confidence in taking medications correctly. However, the scale has not been validated in different languages. Aim The present study aims to translate and investigate the psychometric properties of the translated ...
Muhammad Arshed +11 more
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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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(Not) On the Map: Story‐Mapping Uncertainties in Syrians' Displacement Between Syria and Tunisia
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.ABSTRACT One way of challenging hegemonic narratives about migration to Europe is to foreground aspects we do not know for certain. Representations of uncertainties point to a challenge to critical migration researchers: how does human movement exceed predictable responses to borders? This is a conceptual, but also an ethical question, as it compels us
Ann‐Christin Zuntz +3 more
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