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The vowel system of Qatari Arabic: Evidence for peripheral/non-peripheral distinction between long and short vowels
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Cambridge University Press
, 2023 , Article)
Arabic has a vowel system with three long and three short monophthongs. One of the
parameters that accounts for qualitative differences between long and short vowels across
languages is tenseness/laxness of vowels located ...
The Way We See It: Poetic-Visual Reciprocity in Egyptian Street Art Since 2011
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Brill
, 2022 , Article)
This article traces the manifestations of the newly adapted artistic form of “calligraffiti,”
or the synthetic braiding of poetry and graffiti on what became known as the “walls of
protest” in post-2011 Egypt. This new ...
Theorizing the Performance of Blackness: Relations, Processes, and Possibilities
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Johns Hopkins University Press
, 2022 , Article)
Through a summation of representative critical works that challenge us to think of new ways of imagining performing bodies and racial performance, this essay gestures towards a process-oriented approach for theorizing the ...
The Effects of Transit Oriented Development on Liveability of Mixed-Use Neighbourhoods in Qatar: A Case Study of Doha’s Najma and Al Mansoura Neighbourhoods
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Cogitatio Press
, 2022 , Article)
Since the 1970s, Qatar’s rapid urban growth has resulted in a segregated and poorly connected urban form, particularly in the country’s capital, Doha. Although the recent opening of the Doha Metro has begun to mitigate ...
Needs of English by graduates of Qatar University in the workplace
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Australia Asia Research and Education Foundation (AAREF)
, 2010 , Article)
English is undoubtedly the language of international communication. It is generally observed that English is widely used in different sectors in Qatar. The need for English is clear. However, there is no large scale ...
Effect of emphasis spread on VOT in coronal stops in Qatari Arabic
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Cambridge University Press
, 2021 , Article)
Emphasis (contrastive pharyngealization of coronals) in Arabic spreads from an emphatic consonant to neighboring segments. Previous research suggests that in addition to changing spectral characteristics of adjacent segments, ...
Blue-collar workplace communicative practices: a case study in construction sites in Qatar
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Springer Netherlands
, 2019 , Article)
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the role of language in multilingual blue-collar workplaces by investigating how communication is realized in construction sites in Qatar. The State of Qatar ...
Representing number in the real-time processing of agreement: self-paced reading evidence from Arabic
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Frontiers Media
, 2015 , Article)
In the processing of subject-verb agreement, non-subject plural nouns following a singular subject sometimes “attract” the agreement with the verb, despite not being grammatically licensed to do so. This phenomenon generates ...
Sociolinguistic Variation in Athenian Suburban Speech
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John Benjamins Publishing
, 2013 , Article)
This article focuses on the description and interpretation of the social meaning of sociolinguistic variation in Athenian suburban speech. A descriptive statistical and a Varbrul analysis of the syntactic variable Verb and ...
Perceptions and attitudes of Qatar University students regarding the utility of arabic and english in communication and education in Qatar
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Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
, 2022 , Article)
This study investigates the linguistic attitudes and perceptions of Qatar University students regarding the utility and vitality of the two languages that define the education and communication scenes in Qatar, namely, ...