The Gorani People During the Kosovo War: Ethnic Identity in the Conflict [PDF]
, 2018 Using the case-study methodology, the paper explores political mobilizations of the Gorani during the Kosovo War, which lasted from 1998 to 1999. During the Kosovo War, the Gorani, a Muslim people, did not side with the Kosovo-Albanians, also a largely ...
Dankaz, Musa
core +1 more source
Linguistik des Kurdischen [PDF]
, 2017 Der Text bietet einen knappen Überblick über die wichtigsten Themenfelder in der kurdischen Linguistik sowie über deren historische Entwicklung bis in die Gegenwart ...
Haig, Geoffrey
core +1 more source
A Semi-automatic Approach to Identifying and Unifying Ambiguously Encoded Arabic-Based Characters [PDF]
, 2017 In this study, we outline a potential problem in normalising texts that are based on a modified version of the Arabic alphabet. One of the main resources available for processing resource-scarce languages is raw text collected from the Internet.
Dong, Minghui +7 more
core +2 more sources
Post-predicate elements in the Western Asian Transition Zone [PDF]
This volume explores word-order phenomena across a phylogenetically diverse sample of languages covering a region loosely referred to as the Western Asian Transition Zone, approximately corresponding to western Iran, northern Iraq, eastern Turkey and the
Haig, Geoffrey
core
Legitimacy and ethnic politics in de facto states: rhetoric, legislation and reality in Abkhazia and Kosovo [PDF]
, 2018 This thesis investigates three closely related research questions. The first is how de facto states make use of minority rights norms to garner legitimacy on the international stage.
Drayton, James Robin
core
A Simple Approach to Unify Ambiguously Encoded Kurdish Characters [PDF]
, 2016 In this study we outline a potential problem in the normalisation stage of processing texts that are based on a modified version of the Arabic alphabet. The main source of resources available for processing resource-scarce languages is raw text.
Jaf, Sardar
core +1 more source
‘Perceived Co-Ethnics’ and Kin-State Citizenship in Southeastern Europe [PDF]
, 2013 The paper analyses the often neglected ‘perceived co-ethnics’ in the analysis of citizenship policies. The paper argues this is an interstitial category that further complicates the triadic nexus between national minorities, nationalizing states and kin ...
Stjepanovic, Dejan
core
The Application of English Theories to Sorani Phonology [PDF]
, 2019 This thesis investigates phonological processes in Sorani Kurdish within the framework of Element Theory. It studies two main varieties of Sorani spoken in Iraq which are Slemani and Hawler. Since the phonology of SK is one of the least studied areas in
AHMED, ZHWAN,OTHMAN
core
Unraveling the Origins of Kurdish Literary Heritage: Challenges and Perspectives [PDF]
The present paper aims at exploring the complex processes of emergence of Kurdish literary culture with an emphasis on the history of Kurdish written poetry and the cultural context that has contributed to its development. Such works as the poems of Baba
Abdalla, Shabaz, Ali, Aram Omer
core +1 more source
Varstvo narodnih manjšin na Balkanu: primer makedonskih manjšin
, 2019 This dissertation has examined the approaches adopted by certain Balkan and Central European countries towards protecting their national minorities, with the primary focus being the position and rights of Macedonian minorities in the neighboring ...
Tasev, Donche
core