A dialect continuum is a range of dialects spoken across a large geographical area‚ differing only slightly between areas that are geographically close to each other‚ and gradually decreasing in mutual intelligibility as the distances become greater. Dialects separated by great geographical distances may not be mutually comprehensible. According to the Ausbausprache - Abstandsprache - Dachsprache paradigm‚ these dialects can be considered Abstandsprachen (i.e.‚ as stand-alone languages). However
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Two Outline Literature- Critical Study ??? ??? ?How and why is a social group represented in a particular way?? ??? The Stranger by Albert Camus highlights the relationship between protagonist‚ Meursault‚ and the encounters that he faces with the Arabic ethnicity. Throughout the novel Camus portrays Arabs as an inferior race with demeaning morals and values‚ correlated heavily with the time period that this novel was initially written in‚ the 1940s. This essay will prove how the Arabs were represented
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What if Israelis didn?t go to Palestine? In the mid-20th century Jews from all over the world moved to Palestine asking for their own country there. The Jews instead of living peacefully in Palestine‚ they started claiming the Palestinian lands to be their own. They created military forces and started fighting the Palestinians. The United Nations Security Council didn?t take the issue seriously which made the Jews more confident. The Israel (Jews) tried to take over Lebanon and Jordan but‚ they failed
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Over a thousand years ago‚ Europe experienced one of its greatest periods of cultural enlightenment.Islam in Spain has had a fundamental presence in the culture and history of the nation. The religion was present inmodern Spanish soil from 711 until 1492 under the rule of the Arabs and Moors of al-Andalus.Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three great monotheistic religions: Muslims‚Christians‚ and Jews.For more than three centuries in Medieval Spain‚ Muslims‚ Jews and Christians
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but the original literary work is not so popular in common people. Theses stories are some of the stories from the Arabic work "The Thousand and One Nights." The work of "The Thousand and One Nights" represents basically a female that is a strong and clever idol and continuously imaginative and creative. It is an anonymous work which is widely known in the Arab world. It is an Arabic collection of a thousand tales‚ which is derived from the Persian version‚ telling of a King who was in the habit
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mother thought I would take up Arabic as my mother tongue‚ however it was English. Having this difference from my mother and father affected my idiolect the day I was born and still affects me today. My mother speaks Arabic and English‚ but her main language is Arabic. Speaking English‚ from my perspective‚ was due to be born in a non-Arab country. Saying ‘Hello’ or ‘Hi’ to a teacher in school instead of ‘Salam’ was due to the majority of the country spoke English. Arabic became less useful living in
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While it is eaten fresh‚ most corn is dried‚ treated with lime and ground into dough. This dough is used fresh and fermented to make a wide variety of dishes from drinks‚ to tamales‚ to sopes and much more. However‚ the most common way to eat corn in Mexico is in the form of a tortilla‚ which accompanies almost every dish in Mexico. Tortillas are made of corn in most of the country but in the
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truly practiced religious tolerance and cultural exchange. “ It was there that Christians embraced nearly every aspect of Arabic style from the intellectual style of philosophy to the architectural style of mosques‚ not only while living in Islamic dominions but especially after wresting political control from them”(The ornament of the world). Christian poets began using Arabic as a means of expressing their poetry‚ and saw the language as more expressive and stronger than Latin. “They despise the
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languages of Morocco are Standard Arabic and French‚ while the feminine languages are Moroccan Arabic and Berber. Just the fact that each language has a feminine or masculine name to it oppresses women‚ but each language has its own way of keeping power from women. Standard Arabic is the authoritative language of the country. It is used in high-powered positions‚ such as politics‚ and even used to call for prayer at the Mosque. The main component of Standard Arabic that oppresses women is the fact
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Why English ? Why English is important? After Mandarin‚ English is spoken by more people than any other language‚ and is the native language of more than 350 million people. More people speak English than those who speak the Arabic and French languages combined. Moreover‚ English is the international language of diplomacy‚ business‚ science‚ technology‚ banking‚ computing‚ medicine‚ aviation‚ UN & NATO armed forces‚ engineering‚ tourism‚ Hollywood films and arguably the best pop and
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