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The Urban Evolution Of Roda Island (Ca. 21h/641ad-1335h/1917ad), Ahmed Mohamed Sabry Jul 1997

The Urban Evolution Of Roda Island (Ca. 21h/641ad-1335h/1917ad), Ahmed Mohamed Sabry

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A Cross-Cultural Study Of Irish And Egyptian Expressions Of Sympathy With Reference To Gender, Anne Abdel Moneim Hassan Jun 1997

A Cross-Cultural Study Of Irish And Egyptian Expressions Of Sympathy With Reference To Gender, Anne Abdel Moneim Hassan

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This study investigates the cross-cultural pragmatic differences in realizing the speech act of sympathy. Specifically it examines: (1) the similarities and differences in strategies used for expressing sympathy by both males and females in the Egyptians and Irish groups and (2) the kinds of pragmatic failure expected to occur among the Egyptian male and female EFL learners when expressing sympathy in the target language.

Two types of data were collected: spontaneous and elicited. Spontaneous data were collected by audiotape recording and note taking. Elicited data were collected by a ten-item discourse completion task (DCT). Subjects of the elicited data were …


Hispano-Umayyad Caliphal Iconography, Maria Isabel Varas Cruz Jun 1997

Hispano-Umayyad Caliphal Iconography, Maria Isabel Varas Cruz

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Contemporary Gulf Poetesses: A Feminist Perspective, Dhabiya Khamis Jun 1997

Contemporary Gulf Poetesses: A Feminist Perspective, Dhabiya Khamis

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No abstract provided.


Lexical Organization In Trilingual: Investing The Foreign Store Hypothesis, Christine Laliberté Jun 1997

Lexical Organization In Trilingual: Investing The Foreign Store Hypothesis, Christine Laliberté

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This study investigated lexical organization in trilingual by attempting to determine a) whether lexical items in the dominant language (L1) are stored separately from those of the L2 and the L3; and b) whether lexical items in the L2 and the L3 are stored together, in a "foreign language store", or separately. As well, potential differences between the lexical organization of bilinguals and trilingual were examined. Previous research has revealed that language dominance and proficiency play a crucial role in intra- and interlanguage interference. Typically, interlingual interference originates from the dominant language (L1) ; however, as proficiency in the non-dominant …


An Illustration Of The Transitional Period In Egypt During 1919-1924: Political Cartoons In Egypt's Revolutionary History, Tonia Rifaey Jun 1997

An Illustration Of The Transitional Period In Egypt During 1919-1924: Political Cartoons In Egypt's Revolutionary History, Tonia Rifaey

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This thesis presents the 1919 revolution in Egypt and its effects on the Egyptian political arena as portrayed by the political cartoons during that period. The political cartoons portrayed a visual and tangible approach to a review of nationalism during this era. The cartoons also focused on Egyptian efforts to end British colonialism and imperialism. A review of the cartoons within a six-year period (1918- 1924) yielded one hundred and eighty-two political cartoons. The criteria for the selection of the cartoons was their political nature -pertaining to political actors and politics. The cartoons followed closely the rise and fall of …


Masters Of The Trade: Crafts And Craftspeople In Cairo, 1750-1850, Pascale Ghazaleh Jan 1997

Masters Of The Trade: Crafts And Craftspeople In Cairo, 1750-1850, Pascale Ghazaleh

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No abstract provided.