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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 ...
Long-Distance Vowel-to-Vowel Coarticulation in Arabic: Influences of Intervening Consonant Pharyngealization and Length
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SAGE Publications Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigates anticipatory vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in Arabic, and seeks to determine the degree to which it is affected by the pharyngealization and length of intervening consonants. Speakers of Egyptian ...
Language policies in education in Qatar between 2003 and 2012: from local to global then back to local
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Springer Netherlands
, 2019 , Article)
The State of Qatar, in cooperation with the RAND Corporation, launched in 2002 an ambitious educational reform and development plan, Education for a New Era, which included, among other things, the instating of English as ...
Laryngeal Contrast in Qatari Arabic: Effect of Speaking Rate on Voice Onset Time
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S. Karger AG
, 2019 , Article)
Beckman and colleagues claimed in 2011 that Swedish has an overspecified phonological contrast between prevoiced and voiceless aspirated stops. Yet, Swedish is the only language for which this pattern has been reported. ...
Crisis translation in Yemen: Needs and challenges of volunteer translators and interpreters
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Routledge
, 2019 , Book chapter)
This chapter reports on the findings of a qualitative study undertaken with the aim of examining the status of crisis translators and interpreters (T&Is) in Yemen. The study aimed to ascertain how they perceive their role ...
National identity, social legacy and Qatar 2022: the cultural ramifications of FIFA’s first Arab World Cup
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
This article argues that the decision to award Qatar the World Cup in 2022 will have a lasting impact on the Gulf state. I suggest that hosting the 2022 World Cup is a central part of Qatar’s strategy to announce itself ...
Social class struggle as a Greek political discourse
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SAGE Publications Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This article delves into the construction of social class division in Greek political discourse. More specifically, the focus is on (class struggle) as a discourse that has started being carved in Greek media since the ...
Blurring the Contours of Memory in June Jordan's Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
Located at the crossroads of fact and fiction and relying on memory, autobiography defies easy categorization. This paper examines June Jordan's Soldier: A Poet's Childhood (2000). Jordan situates herself vis-à-vis her ...
Using Texts Which Address Local Issues to Create a Discursive Space within an Undergraduate Writing Course
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
This study explores whether collaboratively writing about local issues would enable learners to deepen their understanding of their relationship with their own social context. A discursive space within an English for ...
Evidence for gesture-speech mismatch detection impairments in schizophrenia
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Patients with schizophrenia suffer from impairments in the perception and production of gestures. The extent to which patients can access the semantic association between speech and co-verbal gestures in concrete or ...