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Phonemicists and the Vowels of Spoken Arabic
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Ibrahim, Muhammad H. – Language Sciences, 1972
Descriptors: Arabic, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Phonemes
Diglossia and Foreign Language Teaching
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Ibrahim, Muhammad H. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1977
Diglossia is characterized here as a pattern in which a culture recognizes different language varieties. This paper deals with implications of Arabic diglossia for the teaching of English to Arab students. (CHK)
Descriptors: Arabic, Arabs, Diglossia, English (Second Language)
On the Notions "Standard" and "Prestigious" in Arabic Linguistics.
Ibrahim, Muhammad H. – 1984
This paper examines the results of two sociolinguistic studies of the Arabic spoken by men and women in Jordan and Syria in terms of sex differentiation in Arabic. The study reported in this paper proposes that the terms "prestigious" and "standard" should not be used interchangeably; accordingly, it reinterprets the previous…
Descriptors: Arabic, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Styles
Patterns in Spelling Errors
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Ibrahim, Muhammad H. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1978
Discusses the reasons for the occurrence of spelling errors in the writing of a group of Arab learners of English. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Grammar
Communicating in Arabic: Problems and Prospects.
Ibrahim, Muhammad H. – 1985
The basic problem of communicating in Arabic today is the existence of two language varieties, one spoken and one written. These may even be considered two distinct languages. They have existed side by side for as long as one knows. Classical written Arabic became fossilized and developed as a closed system independent of common usage and…
Descriptors: Arabic, Communication (Thought Transfer), Diachronic Linguistics, Diglossia