In this dissertation, I argue for a theory of long-distance consonant dissimilation based on
Surface Correspondence, correspondence that holds over the different consonants …

The R sound exhibits considerable variability both across and within Arabic dialects; one
that covers place and manner of articulation, as well as the notorious emphatic-plain …

Much work on emphatic segments in Arabic dialects has focused on primary emphasis.
However, secondary emphasis has been less of a target of study. Our research investigates …

Multilingual models such as mBERT have been demonstrated to exhibit impressive
crosslingual transfer for a number of languages. Despite this, the performance drops for …

This study is a phonological investigation of segmental processes involving place
assimilation in colloquial Arabic, with focus on the varieties spoken in Cairo, Egypt and …

Maltese verbal morphology has attracted the attention of many due to the co-existence of a
Semitic system alongside a separate inflectional pattern reserved for its substantial stock of …

This dissertation examines the morphosyntactic implications of verb-building in the Semitic
language Maltese. Theoretically, the dissertation examines the role of functional heads in …

This study examines anticipatory pharyngealisation (ie, emphasis) in Libyan Arabic, across
a hierarchy of prosodic boundary levels (syllable vs. word vs. phonological phrase vs …

Maltese is one of the so-called 'peripheral'dialects of Arabic, language varieties that are
descended from Arabic but that have for various reasons become isolated from contact with …

Sociocultural education initiated by Leo Vygotsky strongly believes that language of
instruction affects thinking. With regards to the present situation in Egypt, the present …