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Alzaid, Muhammad Swaileh A. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
We identify and propose an analysis in LFG of Gapping construction in Taif "Hijazi" Arabic (TA). Gapping occurs in a coordination structure where the initial conjunct is syntactically complete and the non-initial conjunct is incomplete. To my knowledge, there is no previous description or analysis of gapping in TA. There have been two…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Variation, Grammar, Syntax
Jouini, Kamel – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
In this paper, I provide an analysis of 'verbless' sentences in Arabic (mainly, the Standard variety, SA) in light of the claims of the feature-based probe-goal-Agree system of Chomsky (2001, 2004) and such assumptions as held by Biberauer et al. (2010) about probe-goal Agree relations being parameterized according to the feature-structure of…
Descriptors: Verbs, Semitic Languages, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Morphemes
Tasnim, Zakiyah – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
With millions of non-native English language users, English has gained the position of 'global language' in the last century. English literature also has a significant number of non-native writers from around the world. While grasping their own cultures in English, these non-native writers have been transforming English language to a remarkable…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Language Variation
Chaka, Chaka – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This paper sets out to answer two questions by characterizing and deconstructing Alan Davies's seminal views and concepts -- especially his ostensive views and his native speakerism -- within the context of applied linguistics. Arguing that these are some of Davies's seminal views and concepts, it offers a philosophical framing of his ostensive…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gunawardana, Anoma Abeywickremasinghe – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2022
Errors are a reflection of competence level of language users. Therefore, with the purpose of understanding the competence level of teachers of English, the present study analyzed errors produced by twenty three non-native English speaking teachers pursuing a Bachelor of Education degree in Sri Lanka. Employing qualitative content analysis method,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Lolja, Saimir A. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
In the beginning, humans had a tongue ("gjuhën," "Shqip"). Then, they could or couldn't let go of the tongue ("len…gjuhën," Shqip). Albanian natural tongue (Shqip) implies the use of the tongue in the mouth for articulating ("shqiptoj," Shqip) words. The eternity of Shqip (Speech) is in its words that are…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Language Maintenance, Human Body, Articulation (Speech)
Sa'aida, Zainab – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This study aims at describing types and usages of deixis in the speech of Jordanian Urban Arabic native speakers. The present study was conducted in different settings which researcher's family members, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances took part in. Data of the study were collected through observing spontaneous speech of native speakers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, Native Speakers, Semitic Languages
Wiggers, Heiko – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This paper investigates the online presence of Low German, a minority language spoken in northern Germany, as well as several other European regional and minority languages. In particular, this article presents the results of two experiments, one involving "Wikipedia" and one involving "Twitter," that assess whether and to…
Descriptors: German, Language Variation, Language Minorities, Foreign Countries
AlBzour, Naser N. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This paper aims at investigating some phonological aspects of syllable structure in Rumthawi Arabic, a Levantine variety spoken in the northern region of Jordan. It basically sheds light on the OT constraint interaction that determines the surfacing onsets and codas of syllables in this dialect. The scope of this paper is more specifically…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Phonology, Dialects, Syllables
Al-Momani, Islam M. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The paper aims at examining the role that morphology plays in allowing and/or motivating sentences in Jordanian Arabic (hereafter JA) to be formed with or without subject pronouns. It also aims at giving a comprehensive and descriptive presentation of the distribution of overt and null subject pronouns in JA, and tries to determine to what extent…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Variation, Form Classes (Languages), Foreign Countries
Sa'aida, Zainab – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The aim of this study is to explore (non)morphological processes that native speakers of Jordanian Urban Arabic and Jordanian Rural Arabic use to expand their own lexicon. Three Jordanian female respondents were interviewed to collect data. The data consist of transcriptions of recorded tokens, which were categorised into groups according to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Native Speakers, Lexicology
Fomukong, Seino Evangeline Agwa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
There are many purposes for using language which determine how the writer or speaker chooses words, syntactic expressions and figurative language. This is as a result of the fact that language has a very powerful effect over people, their actions and thoughts. This is seen in the use of language in various discourse types which include…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Advertising, Language Styles
El Salman, Mahmoud – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This is a sociolinguistic study that tries to investigate the peculiarity of the Bedouin dialect regardless of the place where it is used. Some variants that are used in their dialect are used wherever they are from. Two sounds in particular were chosen to carry out this study. These are the /?/ variant of the (Q) variable, and the /ts/ variant of…
Descriptors: Dialects, Rural Areas, Semitic Languages, Foreign Countries
Neloy, Md. Nahid Hasan; Sarkar, Dipak Kumar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This paper aims to uncover the phenomenon of Code-switching and the motivation behind the propensity of using acrolect in code-switching among the youths of Bangladesh. In comparison to the past, switching code has become an ecumenical term of Bilingualism in this world. Countries like Bangladesh where English has been taught or used as a foreign…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Indo European Languages
Geçkin, Vasfiye – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2022
Variability in the form of article (i.e., a and the) omissions and stressing has been attributed to a mismatch between first (L1) and second language (L2) prosodic and syntactic structures. An overlap between the L1 and L2 systems, on the other hand, is expected to contribute to native-like article productions. This case study aims to explore the…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages), Syntax
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