Language, nation and congregation : world-system and world-polity perspectives on language integration in South African churches by Venter, Dawid Johannes

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Arabic: The language of Muslimness in Cape Town by Sadan, Fatima

“…These four language skills have been deemed lacking among many Arabic language learners. …”
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Specification and implementation of the Larch shared language by Everett, Yvonne

“…As a result, one should have a thorough understanding of a formal specification language, and the practical implications of using it as a basis for formal methods.…”
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Language : a complex-systems approach by Steyn, Jacques

“…The desire to establish linguistics as a proper science which led to the acceptance of a mechanistic and positivistic view of science and a pre-quantum conception of matter. 2. The language myth: there are many notions about language and related issues which we have inherited from our ancestors and tacitly accepted without scrutiny. …”
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Natural Language Processing on Data Warehouses by Maree, Stiaan

“…The main problem addressed in this research was to use natural language to query data in a data warehouse. To this effect, two natural language processing models were developed and compared on a classic star-schema sales data warehouse with sales facts and date, location and item dimensions. …”
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Misunderstanding in second language instructional communication

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Spoken language modeling with discrete units by Visser, Nicolaas Floris

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Reading achievement in Kenya: the language factor by Berthet, Valdois Julie

“…The results further suggest that having a home language other than Kiswahili is not detrimental to language transfer once a certain proficiency is reached in English and in Kiswahili. …”
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An evaluation of the implementation of the Language Policy for Higher Education : African languages as medium of instruction at selected South African universities

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An investigation into the effect of mobile-assisted language learning on Rwandan university students' proficiency in English as a foreign language by Uwizeyimana, Valentin

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The effectiveness of a brief home-based naturalistic language intervention on the spoken language abilities of children with autism in the Western Cape by Theron, Caroline

“…Background: Naturalistic Developmental Behavioural Interventions (NDBIs) have shown to have a positive effect on cognitive and social outcomes of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) though very few NDBIs have been implemented in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). …”
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Investigating the impact of SMS speak on the written work of English first language and English second language high school learners by Freudenberg, Kristy

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Analysis of language policy implementation in basic education by Maponopono, Naledi

“…The post-apartheid era which commenced in 1994 have been years in which extensive political negotiation and transition have been occurring which have encompassed establishing constitutional rights for indigenous languages in the South African dispensation. …”
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Assessing the impact of language on the measurement of financial literacy by Mathebula, Woxy

“…However, none of these factors fully explain the disparity. Language has been identified as a potential factor, yet no studies have specifically explored this. …”
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Language attitudes towards dialects of Arabic in Egypt by Eltouhamy, Ibrahim

“…It has been widely believed that a negative attitude is consistently to be found with the rural dialects of Egyptian Arabic, and that their speakers, especially those who emigrate to urban areas, ultimately tend to change their dialects to adapt, at least partially, to the prestige variety of vernacular Arabic, in this case the urban Cairene dialect (Bassiouney, 2009; Haeri, 1991; Miller, 2005; Woidich, 1994). In this regard, language attitudes towards rural dialects of Arabic in Egypt have been only slightly investigated sociolinguistically, as the majority of studies of Arabic language attitudes have been limited to investigating speakers’ attitudes toward MSA and the dialects of the main cities. …”
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The influence of language on relationships between subsidiaries and headquarters:

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Functions and contextual triggers of offensive language on Twitter by Mansour, Deena Mohamed

“…A controversial linguistic phenomenon on social media is the use of offensive language, which is on the increase and suggests a new domain of linguistic research to answer many questions that have arisen in light of this phenomenon. …”
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Legitimising language : 9/11 and liberal democracy by Ennis, Andrew Edward

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