Using FastText-BERT to Extract Semantic Relations and Improve Sentiment Analysis of Persian Healthcare Service Reviews [PDF]
Introduction: The analysis of patients’ opinions is considered a valuable indicator for assessing the quality of healthcare services. The increasing volume of textual reviews about healthcare has made these reviews a critical factor in other patients ...
Faezeh Forootan +2 more
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Computational Approaches to Exploring Persian-Accented English [PDF]
Methods involving phonetic speech recognition are discussed for detecting Persian-accented English. These methods offer promise for both the identification and mitigation of L2 pronunciation errors. Pronunciation errors, both segmental and suprasegmental,
Miller, Corey
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Developing a Minimal Pairs’ Package for Persian-speaking Children: A Preliminary Study [PDF]
Objectives: Different treatment approaches have been introduced for children with Speech Sound Disorders (SSD). Minimal pair intervention, Metaphon therapy, and parents and children together approach as linguistically-based approaches are routinely ...
Hananeh Ardalan +3 more
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The Status of [h] and [ʔ] in the Sistani Dialect of Miyankangi [PDF]
The purpose of this article is to determine the phonemic status of [h] and [ʔ] in the Sistani dialect of Miyankangi. Auditory tests applied to the relevant data show that [ʔ] occurs mainly in word-initial position, where it stands in free variation with ...
Farideh Okati +2 more
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The Effects of Bilingualism on Basic Color Terms in Persian [PDF]
This study is to determine how bilingualism could influence the list of Persian basic color terms and their order. Using a monolingual Persian and a bilingual Kurd sample students, and a color list task, it is assumed that bilingualism could change the ...
Mojtaba Alizadeh Sahraie +1 more
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A Note on the Creation Formula in Zechariah 12:1–8; Isaiah 42:5–6; and Old Persian Inscriptions [PDF]
This note explores whether the influence of the Old Persian creation formula as well as its underlying theology can be seen in biblical texts. The particular focus is on Zech 12:1–8 and Isa 42:5–6.
Christine Mitchell
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Background: Chronic low back pain (LBP) causes some neuroplastic changes in the brain, which result in body perception impairment. The Fremantle Back Awareness Questionnaire (FreBAQ) is a suggested tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of back perception
Ashraf Mahmoudzadeh +3 more
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The Short Vowels /i/ and /u/ in Iranian Balochi Dialects [PDF]
The aim of the present paper is to study the status of the short vowels /i/ and /u/ in five selected Iranian Balochi dialects. These dialects are spoken in Sistan (SI), Saravan (SA), Khash (KH), Iranshahr (IR), and Chabahar (CH) regions located in ...
Farideh Okati +3 more
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Cross-linguistic rhythmic patterns in Persian-English bilingual speakers: Implications for speaker recognition [PDF]
This study investigates rhythmic patterns in Persian-English bilingual speech, focusing on duration-based measures in a sample of late bilingual adult males.
Homa Asadi, Maral Asiaee
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Count-mass Distinction in the Acquisition of English Articles by Persian Learners of English [PDF]
Articles in general and definite articles in particular can create problems even long after all other aspects of English have been mastered. The present article investigated the learnability problems related to the acquisition of count-mass distinction ...
Mohammad Javad Rezai
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