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Laryngeal Contrast in Qatari Arabic: Effect of Speaking Rate on Voice Onset Time
( 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. ... -
Laryngeal realism and the voicing contrast in Khuzestani Arabic stops
( Cambridge University Press , 2023 , Article)In laryngeal realism (LR), laryngeal specification of stops is explained by direct maps of cues (e.g. VOT) onto privative phonological laryngeal features [voice] or [spread glottis]. Phonetic realization of the segments ... -
Le Développement de la Compétence de Lecture-Compréhension des Textes Narratifs en Classe de FLE
( Yarmouk University , 2023 , Article)L’objectif de cette étude est de proposer des stratégies en vue du développement des compétences de lecture-compréhension des textes narratifs chez les apprenants arabophones en classe de français langue étrangère (FLE). ... -
Les représentations de la langue/culture française chez les étudiantes qatariennes inscrites en mineure de français à l’Université du Qatar
( Slovenska Vzdelavacia a Obstaravacia s.r.o , 2021 , Article)Cette recherche s’intéresse aux représentations que se font les étudiantes qatariennes, inscrites en mineure de français à l’université du Qatar, de la langue/culture française. Son objectif est d’analyser ces représentations ... -
Lexical retrieval after Arabic aphasia: Syntactic access and predictors of spoken naming
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Research into anomia has been carried out in English and many Indo-European languages extensively, but not in Arabic. Previous studies have investigated predictors of successful lexical retrieval after anomia, and access ... -
Long-Distance Vowel-to-Vowel Coarticulation in Arabic: Influences of Intervening Consonant Pharyngealization and Length
( 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 ... -
L’enseignement de la grammaire dans la classe du FLE
( The University of Jordan , 2021 , Article)Cette étude entend mettre en relief l'importance de l'enseignement de la grammaire dans la classe de français langue étrangère et discuter de la place réservée à la grammaire dans les différents courants méthodologiques. ... -
McBride, James
( Wiley , 2022 , Book chapter)One of the most interesting writers on race to emerge in the last decade of the twentieth century, James McBride (b. 1957) is an African American novelist, memoirist, and jazz musician. His memoir, The Color of Water: A ... -
Mediation effect of L2 English in acquisition of front rounded vowels in L3 Turkish by L1 Arabic learners
(2018 , Conference Proceedings)В статье рассматривается модель усвоения фонетических категорий в третьем языке. Результаты эксперимента показывают, что второй язык может оказывать большее влияние на процесс усвоения фонетических категорий, чем родной язык -
Mediatized vernacularization: On the structure, entextualization and resemiotization of Varoufakiology
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)This paper focuses on the structure of mediatized discourses on the former Greek minister of finance Yanis Varoufakis, which are labeled Varoufakiology. Through a multimodal discourse analysis of cartoons and photographs, ... -
Metaphorical expressions in E-commerce: A study of arabic language websites
( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2017 , Article)This study examines the use of metaphors in Arabic language e-commerce websites and shows that metaphorical language plays an important role in enhancing the effectiveness of websites and e-commerce businesses in general. ... -
Models of Speech Processing
( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Book chapter)One of the fundamental questions about language is how listeners map the acoustic signal onto syllables, words, and sentences, resulting in understanding of speech. For normal listeners, this mapping is so effortless ... -
Models of speech processing
( Taylor and Francis , 2015 , Book chapter)One of the fundamental questions about language is how listeners map the acoustic signal onto syllables, words, and sentences, resulting in understanding of speech. For normal listeners, this mapping is so effortless that ... -
Muslim personal names in Urdu: Structure, meaning, and change
( De Gruyter , 2023 , Article)Based on an analysis of a corpus, in this study we examine: (a) the linguistic structure of Muslim personal names, (b) their etymological sources, and (c) some changing patterns among the younger generation. Firstly, we ... -
My name is Khan… from the epiglottis: Changing linguistic norms in Bollywood songs
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2018 , Article)Many recent studies, academic and non-academic alike, have argued that the use of Urdu in Bollywood has started to decline. These studies, important as they are, however, suffer from some limitations. They are either ... -
National identity, social legacy and Qatar 2022: the cultural ramifications of FIFA’s first Arab World Cup
( 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 ... -
Needs of English by graduates of Qatar University in the workplace
( 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 ... -
Negotiating Wikipedia narratives about the Yemeni crisis: Who are the alleged supporters of the Houthis?
( SAGE Publications , 2020 , Article)In this article, the authors apply a narrative model to examine how narratives about the current crisis in Yemen are constructed on English Wikipedia. Using concepts from various narrative theories, as introduced to the ... -
Noisy zones of proximal development: Conversation in noisy classrooms
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2011 , Article)Despite the importance of context in studies of language use, sociolinguists have ignored the impact of noise on conversational interaction. This inattention is of particular concern in classrooms where language is a ... -
Nostalgic diaspora or diasporic nostalgia? Discursive and identity constructions of Greeks in Qatar
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This paper deals with the discursive constructions of transformative, agentive and creative ethnolinguistic self-conceptualizations and positionings of some select members of the approximately 3000-member Greek diasporic ...
