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Nunation and the L2 acquisition of English indefinite articles by L1 Najdi and Hijazi speakers [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Whether nunation is a marker of indefiniteness is a controversial issue in the literature of Arabic grammar. To date, no study has investigated whether the use of nunation in a speaker’s L1 can affect their second language (L2) acquisition of English ...
Dr Abdulrahman Alzamil
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On the Syntax of Existential Sentences in Najdi Arabic [PDF]
Languages, 2022 The existential sentence is a noncanonical sentence type that is used crosslinguistically to assert the (non)existence of one or more entities. It consists of a set of syntactic items that includes an expletive, pivot, and coda.
Bader Alharbi
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The fine structure of low topics in Najdi Arabic
Linguistics, 2022 This article explores the low IP area of Najdi Arabic, with special reference to a construction involving a post-verbal object that is resumed on the verb (as in ‘The man saw-her the woman’).
Murdhy Alshamari, Marwan Jarrah
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The pragmatic functions of religious expressions in Najdi Arabic [PDF]
Saudi Journal of Language Studies, 2021 Purpose – This study attempts to identify and analyze the pragmatic functions of religious expressions, that is, invocations that include the name of Allah (God), in naturally occurring social interactions in Najdi Arabic, which is spoken in Central ...
Yousef Ibrahim al-Rojaie
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Word-Based or Root-Based: Diminutives in Najdi Arabic
SAGE OpenLexeme and root are the prominent, competing morphological approaches that account for the building of words. This study presents a sample of diminutive and super-diminutive forms of native Arabic words and loans from English in the Buraydawi dialect of ...
Mohammad A. Alsamaani
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The Emergence of Tab in Najdi Arabic
Languages, 2023 This study empirically investigates functional and social variation in the use of TAYYIB (‘okay, well, right’) in light of grammaticalisation. Thirty naturally occurring conversations of 60 Najdi Arabic speakers were recorded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The
Amereh Ibrahim Almossa
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A prosodic morphophonological analysis of the trilateral perfect passive verbs in Qassimi Arabic [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 This paper advances a comprehensive account of the pattern of trilateral perfect passive verbs (TPPVs) in Qassimi Arabic (QA), a major variety of Najdi Arabic. Data were collected from 31 native QA speakers from three different generations.
Raghad Alkhudair, Mohammad Aljutaily
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Sound Correspondences of Modern Standard Arabic Moroccan Arabic and Najdi Arabic
Sunan Kalijaga: International Journal of Islamic Civilization, 2020 This paper studies the process of sound correspondences that occur in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), Moroccan Arabic (MAR), and Najdi Arabic (NAR). It attempts to find answers for the following questions: a) What are the identical word pairs, words ...
Darsita Suparno +3 more
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JACDI: WS-SF: A Short-Form Version of the Saudi Arabic Communicative Development Inventory. [PDF]
Int J Lang Commun DisordABSTRACT Purpose This study addresses the lack of a short Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) form tailored to Saudi Arabic, specifically designed based on local norms, for assessing early communicative skills in toddlers. The JISH Arabic CDI: Words and Sentences Short‐Form (JACDI: WS‐SF) is introduced to meet this need. This tool is particularly
Alroqi H +8 more
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SauDial: The Saudi Arabic dialects game localization datasetMendeley Data [PDF]
Data in BriefContent creation and localization for video games demand substantial effort from script writers and localization teams. Consequently, we present SauDial, the Saudi Arabic Dialects Game Localization Parallel Dataset, a collection of Saudi dialectal ...
Naif Alanazi +2 more
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