Papers by Ibrahim Al Huri
This study tries to highlight the historical development of Arabic throughout the centuries. It a... more This study tries to highlight the historical development of Arabic throughout the centuries. It also presents some linguistic characteristics of Arabic with a slight comparison to Sana’ani Yemen Dialect. In addition, the study presents the diglossic situation of Arabic through discussing the social role played by both Modern Standard Arabic (henceforth MSA) and the different Arabic dialects in the Arab societies as well as the relationship between diglossia and education. Historically, the study shows that Arabic has been undergone different stages of development and progress over the centuries and the advent of Islam marks the real occurrence of Arabic as a standard language through the revelation of the Holy Quran which was revealed in Arabic. Such a remarkable turning point immensely contributed to transmitting Arabic from the unknown side of the history to be a world language. On the other hand, Arabic has unique linguistic characteristics which make it a distinctive language. Moreover, Arabic shares with other Semitic languages the root of pattern morphology which functions as a generator of Arabic words.
India, as well-known to all, is the home of diversity; linguistic, cultural, religious, and socia... more India, as well-known to all, is the home of diversity; linguistic, cultural, religious, and social diversity. All these aspects are interwoven together making India a vibrant nation promoting the impeccable idea of "unity in diversity". As a multilingual nation, the study of language contact, where hundreds of different languages are in a constant negotiation, provides an appropriate zone for investigating the language interaction and the sociolinguistic consequences resulting from such process. This paper casts the light on the Kurukh"s contact with Hindi and Sadri, being the languages spoken in the area under scrutiny, tracing the sociolinguistic consequences of this interaction through studying a sample of these tribes residing in Mandar area. It also seeks to find out the sociolinguistic status quo of Kurukh and its status among its speakers through considering the contexts and situations in which both Hindi and Kurukh are used. It has been reported that Hindi, Sadri, and Kurukh are used exchangeably in a complementary distribution. Kurukh is spoken in some certain domains; at home, talking with friends of the same speech community, and in-group occasions when they come together to celebrate their religious festivals or any other social occasions whereas Hindi and Sadri are used for conversing with people of other speech communities or when they are in the presence of out-group people. On the other hand, the children receive their education in Hindi-medium schools and some of them in that of Englishmedium. In the school context, the students of Kurukh background avoid using their mother tongue even when they talk to each other lest to be mocked at or stigmatized by their friends and classmates who do not understand their language. This linguistic behavior of the young generation puts the Kurukh language at stake and jeopardizes the linguistic identity of its speakers as the time goes by.
Arabic is one of the World's major languages with roughly 300 million speakers in twenty two Arab... more Arabic is one of the World's major languages with roughly 300 million speakers in twenty two Arab countries. In 1974, Arabic was attested as one of the sixth United Nation's official languages alongside Chinese, Russian, English, French and Spanish. As a Semitic language, Arabic possesses many unique linguistic characteristics such as writing from the right to the left, the dual number of the nouns which is not found in English, the two genders, feminine and masculine, beside the root, the most salient feature of Semitic languages. Extensively, Arabic philologists have studied the Arabic language in relation to the other Semitic languages in a bid to show the uniqueness of Arabic as compared to the other Semitic languages. Versteegh (1997) mentions that within the group of Semitic languages, Arabic and Hebrew have always been the most-studied languages. He shows that the reason is not only the familiarity of scholars of Semitic languages with the Arabic language and the relative wealth of data about its history, but also its apparent conservatism, in particular its retention of a declensional system (Versteegh, 1997). It stands to reason that language is a living entity that always undergoes the different circumstances of life: change, development, modernization, disappearance and sometimes death. However, Arabic could have retained its unique features throughout the centuries despite some slight changes which happened due to the Arab contacts with non-Arabs causing emergence of new varieties along with Classical Arabic. Turning to the position of Arabic, Arabic has a prestigious status not only in Arabic-speaking countries, but in all Muslim communities. Prestigious position as such goes back to the very early period of Islam where Arabic throughout that period remained the language of prestige that was used for all religious, cultural, administrative and scholarly purposes (Versteegh, 1997). Undoubtedly, Arabic has an abundance of colloquial forms across the Arab World. All such varieties are originally derived from Classical Arabic. Consequently, a wide range of similarities has been noted between Classical Arabic and these different varieties in all linguistic levels. 2. The History of Arabic Arabic has been regarded as a member of Semitic languages which include a number of languages in the Middle East and North Africa. It is originally generated from Afro-Asiatic languages which includes besides Arabic different languages such as Hebrew, Ethiopian and other languages. The first emergence of Arabic as a world language goes back to the seventh century CE. The century of Islam diffusion that followed the death of Prophet Mohammed brought both Islam as a religion and Arabic language to the attention of a world that had possessed only the vaguest notion of what went on in the interior of the Arabian Peninsula (Versteegh, 1997).
India, as well-known to all, is the home of diversity; linguistic, cultural, religious, and socia... more India, as well-known to all, is the home of diversity; linguistic, cultural, religious, and social diversity. All these aspects are interwoven together making India a vibrant nation promoting the impeccable idea of "unity in diversity". As a multilingual nation, the study of language contact, where hundreds of different languages are in a constant negotiation, provides an appropriate zone for investigating the language interaction and the sociolinguistic consequences resulting from such process. This paper casts the light on the Kurukh’s contact with Hindi and Sadri, being the languages spoken in the area under scrutiny, tracing the sociolinguistic consequences of this interaction through studying a sample of these tribes residing in Mandar area. It also seeks to find out the sociolinguistic status quo of Kurukh and its status among its speakers through considering the contexts and situations in which both Hindi and Kurukh are used. It has been reported that Hindi, Sadri...
In questo capitolo si affronta il tema dell’assunzione di sostanze psicoattive da parte dei lavor... more In questo capitolo si affronta il tema dell’assunzione di sostanze psicoattive da parte dei lavoratori nei contesti di lavoro e delle relative conseguenze in termini individuali e collettivi. Il contributo si sviluppa in due parti: una prima parte di carattere teorico che, facendo ricorso alla letteratura e alle ricerche di livello internazionale, pone enfasi sulle principali questioni relative a questa tematica, ed una seconda parte di discussione dei dati della ricerca limitatamente agli aspetti relativi alla “prossimità” con le sostanze illegali nel mondo del lavoro e al loro uso problematico
Acta Physica Sinica, 2012
Two new mother wavelets are constructed on the basis of the quantum mechanics of classical wavele... more Two new mother wavelets are constructed on the basis of the quantum mechanics of classical wavelet transform. Based on that, the wavelet transform of coherent state and particle number state is studied with the technique of integration within an ordered product, and the wavelet transform from coherent state to particle number state is obtained by numerical calculation.
Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology Journal, 1987
This study was undertaken to investigate and utilize MDS evaluation to systemize similarity data ... more This study was undertaken to investigate and utilize MDS evaluation to systemize similarity data of selected yoghurts varying in texture, style and fat content. Twelve commercially available yoghurts were evaluated by ten panelists for their similarity and intensity of 8 selected attributes. Both KYST and SINDSCAL solutions in 2 and 3 dimensions were determined for all the yoghurts together and all swiss style yoghurts. KYST and SINDSCAL solutions in I dimension were found for all firm style yoghurts. The attributes of presence of fruit, sweetness, acidity and lumpiness appeared to be predominant in establishing the final configurations of the products.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
.1 The [q] and [dʒ] realization in SA -Table .2 The [ṭ], [t], and [d] realization in SA -Table .3... more .1 The [q] and [dʒ] realization in SA -Table .2 The [ṭ], [t], and [d] realization in SA -Table .3 The assimilation of /n/, /m/, and /b/ in SA -Table .4 Some phoneme variation in YA -Table .5 Pronominal suffixes /-ha/, /-hum/, and /-hin/ assimilation -Table 2.6 Imālah of a word final sequence /-ā/ in SA -Table 2.7 Negation of the verbs in SA -Table 2.8 The verb conjugations in SA -Table 2.9 The dual case in MSA -Table 2.10 The dual case in SA partially similar to MSA -Table 2.11 The common use of the dual case in SA -Table 2.12 Lexical variations as opposed to MSA -Table 2.13 Phono-lexical variation of SA -Table 2.14 Semantic variations in SA as compared to MSA -Table 3.1 Students enrolled in basic education, percentage of total students by gender and geographic area for the academic year 1999/2000 -Table 3.2 Arab Region Illiteracy from 1970 to 2008 -Table 4.1 The secondary schools and students in Sana'a City -Table 4.2 The rates of the respondents in the Sample Population -Table 4.3 The gender variable rates of students (respondents) -Table 4.4 The gender variable rates of teachers (respondents) -Table 4.5 The school grade variable rates of the students -Table 4.6 The reliability and validity coefficients of the research questionnaires x -Table 4.7 The Mean interpretation -Table 4.8 Availability Degree interpretation -Table 4.9 The difference in the students and teachers responses -Table 4.10 The harmony of the students' responses -Table 4.11 The difference of the teachers' responses in terms of gender variable -Table 4.12 The difference of the teachers' responses in terms of their experience -Table 4.13 Teachers' use of MSA from Students' perspective -Table 4.14 The students' responses as to MSA use in classroom interaction -Table 4.15 The stimulation of MSA use in classroom interaction -Table 4.16 The Students' Attitudes Towards MSA -Table 4.17 The Teachers' Attitudes Towards MSA -Table 4.18 The Differences of the Sample's respondents in Psychological Factor -Table 4.19 Teachers' responses about using colloquial Arabic in classroom interaction -Table 4.20 Teachers' justifications of the colloquial Arabic use -Table 4.21 Teachers' qualification and their attitudes xi List of Figures -Figure 2 .1 Map of Yemen from Wikipedia -Figure 2.2 International comparison of the percentage of population undernourished, 2005 -Figure 2.3 The Geographic Locations of MSAL (Simeone-Senelle, 1997) -Figure 3.1 Students in almea'lamah and the wood boards in their hands -Figure 4.1 The rates of the respondents in the Sample Population -Figure 4.2 The gender variable rates of students (respondents) -Figure 4.3 The gender variable rates of teachers (respondents) -Figure 4.4 The school grade variable rates of the students -Figure 4.5 Teachers' use of MSA from Students' perspective -Figure 4.6 The students' use of MSA in classroom interaction -Figure 4.7 The students' attitudes towards MSA -Figure 4.8 Teachers' responses about colloquial Arabic -Figure 4.9 Teachers' correction of the students' errors xii Contents
The language contact has been the primary concern of a number of sociolinguists across the world ... more The language contact has been the primary concern of a number of sociolinguists across the world for decades. India, as well-known to all, is the home of diversity; linguistic, cultural, religious, and social diversity. All these aspects are interwoven together making India a vibrant nation promoting the impeccable idea of "unity in diversity". As a multilingual nation, the study of language contact, where hundreds of different languages are in a constant negotiation, provides an appropriate zone for investigating the language interaction and the sociolinguistic consequences resulting from such process. The Hindi language, the official and predominant language in India, coexists with many other national and indigenous languages. Jharkhand, on the other hand, is characterized with the most conservative tribes in India which managed to maintain their cultural and linguistic heritage over the years though the ruthless creep of the other cultures and languages into their cultural and linguistic zones. In these tribal areas, many languages are spoken among which is the Kurukh language which is spoken by nearly two million of Oraon and some other tribal people who are scattered in different areas of Jharkhand and some adjacent states such as Odisha, Bihar, and West Bengal. This paper casts the light on the Kurukh’s contact with Hindi and Sadri, being the languages spoken in the area under scrutiny, tracing the sociolinguistic consequences of this interaction through studying a sample of these tribes residing in Mandar area. It also seeks to find out the sociolinguistic status quo of Kurukh and its status among its speakers through considering the contexts and situations in which both Hindi and Kurukh are used. In addition, the study attempts to consider the extent of the impact of this contact on the linguistic identity of the Kurukh speakers along with its future being classified as a vulnerable language. It has been reported that Hindi, Sadri, and Kurukh are used exchangeably in a complementary distribution. Kurukh is spoken in some certain domains; at home, talking with friends of the same speech community, and in-group occasions when they come together to celebrate their religious festivals or any other social occasions whereas Hindi and Sadri are used for conversing with people of other speech communities or when they are in the presence of out-group people. On the other hand, the children receive their education in Hindi-medium schools and some of them in that of English-medium. In the school context, the students of Kurukh background avoid using their mother tongue even when they talk to each other lest to be mocked at or stigmatized by their friends and classmates who do not understand their language. This linguistic behavior of the young generation puts the Kurukh language at stake and jeopardizes the linguistic identity of its speakers as the time goes by.
This study tries to highlight the historical development of Arabic throughout the centuries. It a... more This study tries to highlight the historical development of Arabic throughout the centuries. It also presents some linguistic characteristics of Arabic with a slight comparison to Sana’ani Yemen Dialect. In addition, the study presents the diglossic situation of Arabic through discussing the social role played by both Modern Standard Arabic (henceforth MSA) and the different Arabic dialects in the Arab societies as well as the relationship between diglossia and education. Historically, the study shows that Arabic has been undergone different stages of development and progress over the centuries and the advent of Islam marks the real occurrence of Arabic as a standard language through the revelation of the Holy Quran which was revealed in Arabic. Such a
remarkable turning point immensely contributed to transmitting Arabic from the unknown side of the history to be a world language. On the other hand, Arabic has unique linguistic characteristics which make it a distinctive language. Moreover, Arabic shares with other Semitic languages the root of pattern morphology which functions as a generator of Arabic words.
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Papers by Ibrahim Al Huri
remarkable turning point immensely contributed to transmitting Arabic from the unknown side of the history to be a world language. On the other hand, Arabic has unique linguistic characteristics which make it a distinctive language. Moreover, Arabic shares with other Semitic languages the root of pattern morphology which functions as a generator of Arabic words.
remarkable turning point immensely contributed to transmitting Arabic from the unknown side of the history to be a world language. On the other hand, Arabic has unique linguistic characteristics which make it a distinctive language. Moreover, Arabic shares with other Semitic languages the root of pattern morphology which functions as a generator of Arabic words.