Lexical Competition between Spoken and Literary Arabic: A New Look into the Neural Basis of Diglossia Using fMRI
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.09.045
Abstract: Diglossia in the Arabic language refers to the socio-linguistic situation in which Spoken Arabic (SA), which is the first to be acquired, is used for everyday communications, while Literary Arabic (LA), acquired at school for… read more here.
Keywords: neural basis; basis; diglossia; literary arabic ... See more keywords
Narrative microstructure and macrostructure skills in Arabic diglossia: The case of Arab immigrant children in Canada
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069221077306
Abstract: Aims and objectives: The study investigated narrative microstructure skills of Arabic-speaking immigrant children in Canada (N = 75; age range 7–12 years) with specific focus on diglossia and the lexical distance between Spoken Arabic (SpA) and Standard Arabic… read more here.
Keywords: microstructure macrostructure; immigrant children; macrostructure; microstructure ... See more keywords