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A Multi-Account Statistical Evaluation of ChatGPT Proficiency in the Kurdish Sorani Language

UHD Journal of Science and Technology
This research analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of ChatGPT in responding to questions posed in the Kurdish language, specifically its Sorani dialect, by evaluating its responses to a structured dataset of 50 multiple-choice questions across multiple topics such as language, history, culture, and general knowledge.
Alla Ahmad Hassan, Hemin Sardar Abdulla, Tara Yousif Mawlood, Rebwar Khalid Muhammed, Aso M. Aladdin, Tarik A. Rashid   +5 more
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Phonological Processes in Sanandaji Kurdish: A Prosodic Phonology Approach [PDF]

مطالعات زبان‌‌ها و گویش‌های غرب ایران, 2023
.The current research delves into phonological processes in the Sanandaji dialect of Sorani Kurdish within the framework of prosodic phonology. Prosodic phonology, a prominent approach in this field, offers a practical method for defining the scope of ...
Nastaran Divani, Mandana Nourbakhsh
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From Nazism to Pro‐Kurdish Activism: The International Society Kurdistan, Silvio van Rooy and the struggle against communism in the 1960s and 1970s

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 266-282, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Kurdish studies was born as a field of study in imperial Russia, and for much of the twentieth century, the Soviet Union remained the centre of ‘Kurdology’. With the foundation of the International Society Kurdistan (ISK) in Amsterdam in 1960, however, this centre started to move westwards.
Adnan Çelik, Joost Jongerden
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a Typology of Contact‐Induced Change: Questions, Problems and the Path Ahead

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 3, Page 336-356, November 2023., 2023
Abstract The fields of linguistic typology, contact linguistics and historical linguistics frequently interact with one another and each draws on the insights gained in the others. To date, however, there is no effective and systematic cooperation between these subdisciplines, no database comparing the typological distribution of features with common ...
Robin Meyer
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Word Definitions on Meaning Recall: A Multisite Intervention in Language‐Diverse Second Language English Classrooms

Language Learning, Volume 73, Issue 2, Page 403-444, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Vocabulary experts recommend first language (L1) translation equivalents for establishing form–meaning mappings for new second language (L2) words, especially for lower proficiency learners. Empirical evidence to date speaks in favor of L1 translation equivalents over L2 meaning definitions, but most studies have investigated bi‐ rather than ...
Henrik Gyllstad, Pia Sundqvist, Erica Sandlund, Marie Källkvist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Le contexte culturel et linguistique de la langue kurde Cultural and linguistic context of the Kurdish language

Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences, 2020
This research aims to focus on the context and progression of the Kurdish language of today while comparing it with the French language. We try here to present the history of the Kurdish language as well as its progression, its rebirth for several ...
Bakhtyar Hussen Ahmad
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Poetics of modernity and nationalism: Revisiting the emergence of modern Kurdish poetry

Literature Compass, Volume 19, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022
Abstract The emergence of modern Kurdish poetry marks a period of great significance in the history of Kurdish literature since it witnessed the advent of modernity, the rise of Kurdish nationalism, the fall of the Persian and Ottoman Empires, and the creation of the Middle East with no country for Kurds.
Farangis Ghaderi
wiley   +1 more source

Dialectal Layers in West Iranian: A Hierarchical Dirichlet Process Approach to Linguistic Relationships1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 120, Issue 1, Page 1-31, March 2022., 2022
Abstract This paper addresses a series of complex and unresolved issues in the historical phonology of West Iranian languages, (Persian, Kurdish, Balochi, and other languages), which display a high degree of irregular, non‐Lautgesetzlich behaviour.
Chundra A. Cathcart
wiley   +1 more source

Kurdish Speech to Text Recognition System Based on Deep Convolutional-recurrent Neural Networks

UHD Journal of Science and Technology, 2022
In recent years, deep learning has had enormous success in speech recognition and natural language processing. In other languages, recent progress in speech recognition has been quite promising, but the Kurdish language has not seen comparable ...
Lana Sardar Hussein, Sozan Abdulla Mahmood   +1 more
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IDPs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI): Intractable Return and Absence of Social Integration Policy

International Migration, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 145-161, June 2021., 2021
Abstract This paper examines the protracted nature of displacement in the Iraqi context and places emphasis on the need for a social integration policy to bridge the deep cleavages of Iraqi society. Methodologically, the paper utilizes qualitative data by conducting focus‐group discussions with IDPs and semi‐structured individual interviews in KRI.
Hewa Haji Khedir
wiley   +1 more source