Increased Brain-to-Brain Synchronization During Literary Arabic Storytelling Following a Dialogic Reading Intervention: A Hyperscanning-EEG Study. [PDF]
Brain BehavA smaller difference between parent‐child brain synchronization for Literary Arabic (LA) versus Spoken Arabic (SA) after the intervention, compared to before. Following the DR intervention, greater scores in listening comprehension, executive functions, and processing speed tests were found.
Ghanima GA +5 more
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Arabic Aphasia Research Through a Clinical and Linguistic Lens: A Systematic Review of Current Limitations and Future Directions. [PDF]
Int J Lang Commun DisordABSTRACT Background Aphasia has been widely investigated for English and other Indo‐European languages such as German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. It has been reported that published studies on Arabic aphasia only comprised five studies, accounting for only 0.40% of the total literature on aphasia between 2000 and 2009.
Khwaileh T +4 more
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The use of formal language as a strong sign of verbal autistic children in diglossic communities: The case of Arabic. [PDF]
Autism ResAbstract The current study aimed to investigate whether the use of formal language (Modern Standard Arabic [MSA]) by young children in diglossic Arab communities offers diagnostic insights, especially for verbal autistic children and to further explore this phenomenon.
Francis K +8 more
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The Enhanced Literate Mind Hypothesis. [PDF]
Top Cogn SciAbstract In the present paper, we describe the Enhanced Literate Mind (ELM) hypothesis. As individuals learn to read and write, they are, from then on, exposed to extensive written‐language input and become literate. We propose that acquisition and proficient processing of written language (“literacy”) leads to, both, increased language knowledge as ...
Huettig F, Hulstijn J.
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Arabic language-learning strategy preferences among undergraduate students [PDF]
, 2019 This study elicited Arabic students’ perceptions regarding their language-learning strategy preferences (LLSPs). A sample of 120 undergraduate Arabic students participated. Data were collected through a questionnaire and interviews.
Brosh, Hezi Y.
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Regards sur le concept de diglossie, à l’épreuve du terrain corse
Lidil, 2011 In this article, the author conducts a critical review of the concept of diglossia and those of bilingualism and languages contact both correlated to it.Returning first on the works of Prudent and Kremnitz, he is attempting to show in which way the ...
Pascal Ottavi
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Three Reflections on Bilingualism [PDF]
, 2014 Following a brief discussion on the understanding of the concept of bilingualism (and diglossia) the author shares with his audience the reflections on the role and significance of bi- and multilingualism in three areas: practical linguistic ...
Walczak, Bogdan
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Sentence Prosody and Register Variation in Arabic
Languages, 2022 Diglossia in Arabic differs from bilingualism in functional differentiation and mode of acquisition of the two registers used by all speakers raised in an Arabic-speaking environment.
Sam Hellmuth
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Can majority support save an endangered language? A case study of language attitudes in Guernsey [PDF]
, 2013 Many studies of minority language revitalisation focus on the attitudes and perceptions of minorities, but not on those of majority group members. This paper discusses the implications of these issues, and presents research into majority andf minority ...
Baker C. +27 more
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EloquenceBackground: The phenomenon of Arabic diglossia, involving the use of Fusḥā and Ammiyah varieties, remains a challenge in foreign language teaching. The social functions and contexts of these varieties affect the effectiveness of Arabic language learning.
Pahrul. R
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