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Nazi indoctrination and anti-Semitic beliefs in Germany Open
Significance Attempts at modifying public opinions, attitudes, and beliefs range from advertising and schooling to “brainwashing.” Their effectiveness is highly controversial. We demonstrate that Nazi indoctrination––with its singular focu…
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Text Classification Based on Convolutional Neural Networks and Word Embedding for Low-Resource Languages: Tigrinya Open
This article studies convolutional neural networks for Tigrinya (also referred to as Tigrigna), which is a family of Semitic languages spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. Tigrinya is a “low-resource” language and is notable in terms o…
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Noun and verb knowledge in monolingual preschool children across 17 languages: Data from Cross-linguistic Lexical Tasks (LITMUS-CLT) Open
This article investigates the cross-linguistic comparability of the newly developed lexical assessment tool Cross-linguistic Lexical Tasks (LITMUS-CLT). LITMUS-CLT is a part the Language Impairment Testing in Multilingual Settings (LITMUS)…
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Two languages in the air: a cross-cultural comparison of preschool teachers’ reflections on their flexible bilingual practices Open
Bilingual preschool education is under researched compared with bilingual school education. There is also a lack of research on bilingual preschool teachers’ agency and how they negotiate between two languages in the classroom. We examined…
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FROM GABII AND GORDION TO ERETRIA AND METHONE: THE RISE OF THE GREEK ALPHABET Open
The three longest inscriptions from Methone, which all seem to be in Eretrian script, are an important testimony to the diffusion of literacy across the Mediterranean world. They help us to reconstruct the prehistory of the Greek alphabet,…
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Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic Open
In Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic Ambjörn Sjörs investigates the grammar of standard negation in a wide selection of Semitic languages. The bulk of the investigation consists of a detailed analysis of negative construct…
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A reconstruction of the system of verb aspects in proto-Berbero-Semitic Open
Several verbal forms reconstructed for proto-Semitic strongly resemble reconstructed forms in proto-Berber: compare Semitic yV-PaRRaS to Berber y-əFăRRăS, Semitic yV-PRaS to Berber y-əFRăS, and Semitic yV-PRuS and yV-PRiS to Berber y-ăFRəS…
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DPs, Phi-features and Tense in the Context of Abyssinian (Eritrean and Ethiopian) Semitic Languages Open
This study discusses DPs, Phi-features and Tense in Abyssinian Semitic languages. DPs and TPs have parallel structures. Their subjects are generated within the projection of lexical categories which move to Spec positions of associated non…
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A Comparative Survey on Arabic Stemming: Approaches and Challenges Open
Arabic, as one of the Semitic languages, has a very rich and complex morphology, which is radically different from the European and the East Asian languages. The derivational system of Arabic, is therefore, based on roots, which are often …
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Study on Morphological Awareness and Rapid Automatized Naming Through Word Reading and Comprehension in Normal and Disabled Reading Arabic-Speaking Children Open
This study explored the role and extent of the involvement of morphological awareness in contrast to rapid automatized naming (RAN) in word reading and comprehension of Arabic as a morphological-based orthography. Measures of word reading,…
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Arabic Diacritics and Their Role in Facilitating Reading Speed, Accuracy, and Comprehension by English L2 Learners of Arabic Open
The present study investigated the role of Arabic diacritics in word recognition and their impact on Arabic L2 learners’ reading speed, accuracy, and comprehension at different stages of Arabic L2 acquisition. Fifty‐four English L2 learner…
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Arabic Learners’ Preferences for Instagram English Lessons Open
This paper focuses on the use of the social network Instagram to provide supplementary English language learning material to learners from Arabic speaking countries. The author was able to use his online account in Instagram to assess the …
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Differences in Motivation to Learning English among Saudi University Students Open
This paper analyzes and determines the various orientations of 247 Saudi male and female university students for learning English. The descriptive and correlational approaches were used to investigate the participants’ motivations. T…
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Analysis of Arabic Language Learning at Higher Education Institutions with Multi-Religion Students Open
Arabic language learning, in Indonesia, is commonly addressed to those with Islamic Religion.However, there are several problems associated with learning this language in higher education institutions due to the mandated rule that students…
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Building CMU Sphinx language model for the Holy Quran using simplified Arabic phonemes Open
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Effective Methods in Learning Arabic Language as a Foreign Language Open
Students who learn Arabic as a foreign language in a foreign country usually face difficulties to achieve proficiency in the language. This is primarily because of the lack of Arabic language resources. However, this situation does not hin…
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Handwritten Arabic Character Recognition for Children Writing Using Convolutional Neural Network and Stroke Identification Open
Automatic Arabic handwritten recognition is one of the recently studied problems in the field of Machine Learning. Unlike Latin languages, Arabic is a Semitic language that forms a harder challenge, especially with the variability of patte…
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Sound Changes in the (Pre-)Masoretic Reading Tradition and the Original Pronunciation of Biblical Aramaic Open
For nearly a thousand years, the texts of the Hebrew Bible were transmitted both in writing, as consonantal texts lacking much of the information on their pronunciation, and orally, as an accompanying reading tradition which supplied this …
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Arabic Language: Historic and Sociolinguistic Characteristics Open
This study tries to highlight the historical development of Arabic throughout the centuries. It also presents some linguistic characteristics of Arabic with a slight comparison to Sana’ani Yemen Dialect. In addition, the study presents the…
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Morphosyntactic Development in First Generation Arabic—English Children: The Effect of Cognitive, Age, and Input Factors over Time and across Languages Open
This longitudinal study examined morphosyntactic development in the heritage Arabic-L1 and English-L2 of first-generation Syrian refugee children (mean age = 9.5; range = 6–13) within their first three years in Canada. Morphosyntactic abil…
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Studies in Semitic Vocalisation and Reading Traditions Open
This volume brings together papers relating to the pronunciation of Semitic languages and the representation of their pronunciation in written form. The papers focus on sources representative of a period that stretches from late antiquity …
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Attributive Constructions In North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Open
This study is the first wide-scope morpho-syntactic comparative study of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialects to date. Given the historical depth of Aramaic (almost 3 millennia) and the geographic span of the modern dialects, coming in conta…
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Some Initial Remarks on Non-Prepositional Genitives in the Apulian Variety of San Marco in Lamis Open
This work aims at an initial description of prepositionless genitives in the Romance variety of San Marco in Lamis, spoken in the Southern Italian region of Apulia. The construction will be compared with other Romance, Semitic, Albanian, a…
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Emphasis Harmony in Arabic: A Critical Assessment of Feature-Geometric and Optimality-Theoretic Approaches Open
This overview article examines vowel-consonant harmony, specifically emphatic harmony (also referred to as pharyngealization, velarization, or uvularization), which is found in Semitic languages. It provides a comprehensive overview of emp…
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Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes towards L1 Use in EFL Classrooms in the Contexts of Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia Open
The role of a mother tongue (L1) in the teaching and learning of a foreign language (FL) has been the subject of much debate and controversy. This paper reports on a piece of research carried out in our own teaching environments (at univer…
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The development of an Arabic curriculum framework based on a compilation of salient features from CEFR level descriptors Open
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR) (Council of Europe. 2001. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University…
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The Use of Modern Teaching Methods in Teaching Arabic Language at Higher Education Phase from the Point View of Arabic Language Professors—A Case of a Premier University Open
The study aimed to identify the use of modern teaching methods at the higher education phase for Arabic language professors- a case of a Premier University. The researcher used the analytical descriptive method, based on the survey method …
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The Readiness of Arabic Language Teachers for Integrating Flipped Classroom: Case of Ma'an Open
This paper investigates the readiness degree among Arabic language teachers in Ma'an Directorate of Education for integrating flipped classroom in teaching according to Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge TPACK framework and i…
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Love of God and Apologia for a King Open
The birth story of Solomon is unique in the ancient Israelite historiography from the monarchic period. Though the birth name of the newborn child was “Solomon,” he received an additional name “Yedidyah.” The purpose of this name should be…
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Cooperative Learning Strategy in teaching Arabic for Non Native Speakers Open
Cooperative learning is a teaching strategy that can help students to be successful in academic achievement and skills, as well as can assist the students to enhance the social interaction and human relation; however, this research explore…