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The former distribution of White‐tailed Eagles in Iberia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East: a case study of the importance of understanding historical distribution in informing current conservation and restoration interventions

open access: yesIbis, EarlyView.
The importance of considering historical data in developing conservation and restoration measures for individual species and for wider ecological restoration has been pointed out by recent reviews but often remains neglected in practice. This paper provides a case study illustrating the issue through a review of the former breeding distribution of the ...
Duncan J. Halley
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between working memory and reading comprehension in L1 Arabic and L2 English for Arabic speaking children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This mixed methodology research project comprised four studies that explored relationships between working memory and literacy, as well as the potential influence of home literacy, in L1 Arabic and L2 English children in grade six (aged 11) of mainstream
Elsayyad, H.M
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The Development and Validation of the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Arabic Text to Arabic Sign Language Translation System for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Community

open access: yes, 2011
This paper describes a machine translation system that offers many deaf and hearing impaired people the chance to access published information in Arabic by translating text into their first language, Arabic Sign Language (ArSL).
Almohimeed, Abdulaziz   +5 more
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Take an Introductory Linguistics Course; It May Increase Your Language Learning Ability

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can general linguistics knowledge be used to better learn a new language? This exploratory study is concerned with the potential advantageous transfer of general linguistics knowledge to the learning of a new, additional foreign language.
Kiyono Fujinaga‐Gordon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

L2 Chinese Grammatical Acquisition and Processing: A Substantive and Methodological Review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 92 empirical studies on Chinese as a second language (CSL) in grammatical processing and development, synthesizing their substantive foci and methodological characteristics. The results reveal consistent scholarly attention to cross‐linguistic topics, with less focus on features that are distinctively
Shaohua Fang, Yi Xu, Jiani He, Jia Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Using automatic speech recognition to evaluate Arabic to English transliteration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Increased travel and international communication has led to an increased need for transliteration of Arabic proper names for people, places, technical terms and organisations.
Khalil, G
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Annual Research Review: How did COVID‐19 affect young children's language environment and language development? A scoping review

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 569-587, April 2025.
A diverse body of research conducted since the start of Covid‐19 has investigated the impact of the pandemic on children's environments and their language development. This scoping review synthesises the peer‐reviewed research literature on this topic between 2020 and 2023.
Cecilia Zuniga‐Montanez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrative architecture and structural boundaries of the subdigital adhesive toe pads of Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758) and guidelines for toe pad demarcation in other geckos

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
The adhesively competent toe pads of Gekko gecko (and other geckos) are delimited by a combination of external and deep anatomical features and cannot be identified based upon external scale form alone. We encourage future investigators to delimit toe pads in this functionally and anatomically meaningful fashion.
Anthony P. Russell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on Arabic linguistics XXXI: papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Norman, Oklahoma, 2017 Studies in Arabic linguistics ;, 8./ edited by Amel Khalfaoui, Youssef A. Haddad.

open access: yes, 2019
Includes bibliographical references and index.This volume brings together ten peer-reviewed articles on Arabic linguistics. The articles are distributed over three parts: phonetics and phonology, sociolinguistics and pragmatics, and language acquisition.
Haddad Youssef A.,, Khalfaoui Amel
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