All language-learners face the difficulties of regional variations or dialects. Usually, it takes the form of an odd word or turn of phrase or a peculiar pronunciation. For most languages, ...

Corinne Stokes specializes in sociolinguistics, language pedagogy, and popular music and culture studies, working in particular with Arabic, Persian, and Turkish languages. She holds an MA in Arabic ...

“Seven Types of Ambiguity,” the Australian TV series involving a mystery told from the shifting perspective of seven characters, is getting an Arabic adaptation as an original production for beIN ...

A new academic study shows that Moroccan Arabic, Darija, is increasingly valued by foreign learners, challenging ...

Quaderni di Studi Arabi, Vol. 12 (1994), pp. 65-86 (22 pages) It has recently been claimed — by Soravia (1991) and Mancini (1992), respectively, — that the spoken Arabic sentences reported in Ludovico ...