Lexical Disambiguation of Arabic Language: An Experimental Study

The development of e-Learning is very promising at all levels of education. Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) has developed an e-learning or known as Kelip in 2006. However, the impact of e-learning on student achievement has no further explanation. Thus this quantitative study is aimed at exploring whether the use of e-learning, also known as KeLiP at the University of Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), is able to improve student’s achievement among the excellent students of language (PCB) and the below-average students of language (PKCB). The comparisons between the achievements of both groups are also studied. This experimental study involved 69 UniSZA diploma students taking the Arabic Language Proficiency course level 2 (UBA 1022). The students have been learning through KeLiP for 10 weeks with content materials from the UBA 1022 module which were presented electronically in the form of graphics, images, sounds, videos and hyperlinks. Pre and post test was conducted to evaluate student achievement. The study shows that the use of KeLiP has improved PCB and PKCB achievements with a mean of 26.545 per cent. The excellent students’ performances (PCB) continue to maintain their excellence over PKCB with a mean difference of 11.72 per cent. This study proves that KeLiP is able to improve student’s achievement overall and thus serves as an encouragement for the wide use of KeLiP among students and lecturers.

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An Experimental Study of the Gemination in Arabic Language

Archives of Acoustics ◽

10.1515/aoa-2017-0061 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 42 (4) ◽

pp. 571-578 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kamel Ferrat ◽

Mhania Guerti

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Acoustic Analysis ◽

Arabic Language ◽

Movement Trajectories ◽

Articulatory Features ◽

Tongue Movements ◽

Modern Arabic ◽

Kinematics Parameters

Abstract In this paper, we report the results of an experimental study of the acoustic and articulatory features of the gemination in Modern Arabic language, pronounced by Algerian speakers. To extract the feature characteristics, we have carried out an acoustic analysis by computing the values of frequency formants, energy and durations of the consonants and subsequent vowels in the various [VCV] and [VCgV] utterances (Cg: geminate consonant). For the articulatory analysis, a range of kinematics parameters were analyzed from the phoneme productions including movement trajectories, distance, velocity, and duration of tongue movements. Among the most important results, we note a longer duration of the vowel following a geminate consonant, a decreasing in levels of F1 and F2 formants and a rising in level of F3 formant of this vowel.

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Unsupervised system for Lexical disambiguation of Arabic language using a vote procedure

2013 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Software Applications ◽

10.1109/iceesa.2013.6578442 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Merhbene Laroussi ◽

Anis Zouaghi ◽

Mounir Zrigui

Keyword(s):

Arabic Language ◽

Vote Procedure ◽

Lexical Disambiguation

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Experimental study on the restoration from a tilt-azimuth series for improvement in resolution

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s042482010013955x ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 636-637

Author(s):

Norio Baba ◽

Norihiko Ichise ◽

Syunya Watanabe

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Spherical Aberration ◽

Incident Beam ◽

Optical Parameters ◽

Beam Tilting ◽

Illumination Method ◽

Restoration Method ◽

Illumination Mode

The tilted beam illumination method is used to improve the resolution comparing with the axial illumination mode. Using this advantage, a restoration method of several tilted beam images covering the full azimuthal range was proposed by Saxton, and experimentally examined. To make this technique more reliable it seems that some practical problems still remain. In this report the restoration was attempted and the problems were considered. In our study, four problems were pointed out for the experiment of the restoration. (1) Accurate beam tilt adjustment to fit the incident beam to the coma-free axis for the symmetrical beam tilting over the full azimuthal range. (2) Accurate measurements of the optical parameters which are necessary to design the restoration filter. Even if the spherical aberration coefficient Cs is known with accuracy and the axial astigmatism is sufficiently compensated, at least the defocus value must be measured. (3) Accurate alignment of the tilt-azimuth series images.

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An experimental study in reducing blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats through extracellular signal-regulated kinase inhibition

Cell Biology International ◽

10.1042/cbi034s031b ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (8) ◽

pp. S31-S31

Author(s):

Li Jing ◽

Jian‑zhong Zhang ◽

Jin‑ping Sun ◽

Xin An ◽

Feng‑ying Guo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Experimental Study ◽

Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats ◽

Hypertensive Rats ◽

Kinase Inhibition ◽

Spontaneously Hypertensive ◽

Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase ◽

Extracellular Signal

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Narrative Language Markers of Arabic Language Development and Impairment

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/2020_jslhr-20-00082 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 63 (10) ◽

pp. 3472-3487

Author(s):

Natalia V. Rakhlin ◽

Nan Li ◽

Abdullah Aljughaiman ◽

Elena L. Grigorenko

Keyword(s):

Language Development ◽

Standardized Test ◽

Language Disorder ◽

Arabic Language ◽

Developmental Language Disorder ◽

Standardized Measures ◽

Verb Agreement ◽

Language Groups ◽

Specificity And Sensitivity ◽

Omission Errors

Purpose We examined indices of narrative microstructure as metrics of language development and impairment in Arabic-speaking children. We examined their age sensitivity, correlations with standardized measures, and ability to differentiate children with average language and language impairment. Method We collected story narratives from 177 children (54.2% boys) between 3.08 and 10.92 years old ( M = 6.25, SD = 1.67) divided into six age bands. Each child also received standardized measures of spoken language (Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary, Sentence Imitation, and Pseudoword Repetition). Several narrative indices of microstructure were examined in each age band. Children were divided into (suspected) developmental language disorder and typical language groups using the standardized test scores and compared on the narrative indicators. Sensitivity and specificity of the narrative indicators that showed group differences were calculated. Results The measures that showed age sensitivity included subject omission error rate, number of object clitics, correct use of subject–verb agreement, and mean length of utterance in words. The developmental language disorder group scored higher on subject omission errors (Cohen's d = 0.55) and lower on correct use of subject–verb agreement (Cohen's d = 0.48) than the typical language group. The threshold for impaired performance with the highest combination of specificity and sensitivity was 35th percentile. Conclusions Several indices of narrative microstructure appear to be valid metrics for documenting language development in children acquiring Gulf Arabic. Subject omission errors and correct use of subject–verb agreement differentiate children with typical and atypical levels of language development.

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