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Figurative expressions relating to human body parts in Najdi Arabic proverbs: a cognitive-linguistic approach [PDF]
, 2023 This thesis investigates the various modes of figurative language in 43 Najdi proverbs derived from al-Juhaymān’s seminal work العرب جزيرة قلب في الشعبية األمثال al-Amṯālu aš-Šaʕbiyyatu fī Qalbi Jazīrati al-ʕarab ‘Popular Proverbs from the Heart of ...
Aladel, Meshael Abdulaali M
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) Into Moroccan Arabic to Measure the Degree of Mediterranean Diet Adherence. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Sammoud K +9 more
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R-Expressions and the Interrogative Use of Anaphora in Najdi Arabic
International Journal of Linguistics, 2020 This paper endeavors to explain how Najdi Arabic (NA), one of the dialects spoken in the central region of the Arabian Peninsula, diverges from Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) in its anaphoric treatment of R-expressions and pronominals. Data from a native Najdi Arabic informant suggest that only a subset of NA verbs allow proper names to be referentially ...
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The sociolinguistics of compliment behavior in Najdi Saudi Arabic
, 2016 This study examines the politeness strategies employed by Najdi Saudi Arabic speakers in giving and responding to compliments. Gender, age and relationship were hypothesized to influence features of compliments and compliment responses.
AlAmro, Mohammad A.
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A Sociolinguistic Study of Subject-Verb Word Order Variation in Najdi Arabic
, 2023 Ph.D.This dissertation employs variationist and discourse analytic approaches to examine subject-verb word order variation in the Najdi Arabic dialect, spoken in the north of Saudi Arabia, which can be realized as either VS(O) or SV(O).
Alharbi, Talal M.
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, 2018 Final consonants in Arabic are semisyllables; that is, moraic unsyllabified segments that are attached to the prosodic word (Kiparsky, 2003). If this is the case, optional vowel epenthesis in Najdi Arabic final clusters cannot be attributed to violations
Alhammad, Reham
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Assessing pragmatics in early childhood with the Language Use Inventory across seven languages. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Pesco D, O'Neill DK.
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The Negative Polarity Item umur in Najdi Arabic
, 2015 This research investigates the negative polarity item (NPI) ʕumur in Najdi Arabic, one spoken variety of Arabic. It indicates that this NPI is a head instantiating its own maximal projection, named as AspP (a shorthand for Aspectual Phrase).
Alshammari, Ahmad Radi
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Agreement in Najdi Arabic existential sentences
Folia LinguisticaAbstract It has been observed that existential sentences (ES) crosslinguistically display different agreement patterns. For instance, in the dialect of Najdi Arabic (NA) the ES shows interesting asymmetric agreement patterns.
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Children’s Acquisition of Passive Constructions in Najdi Arabic
PSYCHOLINGUISTICSPurpose. The current study investigates the comprehension of passive sentences in Najdi Arabic-speaking children. We examine and address previously observed factors affecting children’s passive acquisition with unambiguous passive morphology, thus providing a more reliable picture of the unresolved issue of children’s passive acquisition.
Bayan Albedaiwi, Yasser Albaty
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