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Conference paper (published)
Arabic dialect identification in the context of bivalency and code-switching
In this paper we use a novel approach towards Arabic dialect identification using language bivalency and written code-switching. Bivalency between languages or dialects is where a word or element is treated by language users as having a fundamentally similar semantic content in more than one language or dialect. Arabic dialect...El-Haj, Mahmoud ; Rayson, Paul ; Aboelezz, Mariam
Arabic, machine learning, dialects, language identification, NLP, and bivalency
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Book chapter
A history of the Arabic language and the origin of non-dominant varieties of Arabic
To comprehend how Arabic became a pluricentric language, we need to navigate through its rich history. In this paper, I focus on three stages in the development of Arabic: Classical Arabic, Middle Arabic and Modern Arabic. I explain how the fate of Arabic was permanently sealed in the Classical period...Aboelezz, Mariam
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Conference paper (published)
Latinised Arabic and connections to bilingual ability
As software support for non-Latin scripts is becoming more readily available, the continuing use of Latinised forms in online discourse highlights an interesting phenomenon. This paper focuses on Latinised Arabic (LA) as one manifestation of this trend. While there appears to be significant variation in the conventions used to Latinise...Aboelezz, Mariam