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English language takes over at universities
A survey by a local newspaper has indicated that more than half of Dutch university courses are now taught entirely in English in a bid to keep institutions competitive, to reflect the internationalisation of education and to attract foreign students, reports Dutch News. Read more...
FAL4 International Conference Foundations of Arabic Linguistics - The Evolution of Theory: 8th-14th Century AD
Thursday 8th, Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September 2016
The fourth symposium on the Foundations of Arabic Linguistics aims at continuing the exploration of the founding principles of Arab linguistics, extending the study to the development and evolution of a whole grammatical tradition, as well as to other sciences of the Arabic language, other linguistic traditions and possible foreign influences in the formative stage of Arab linguistics and vice versa.
Participants
Hassina Aliane, Georgine Ayoub, Ramzi Baalbaki, Francesco Binaghi, Michael G. Carter, Hanadi Dayyeh, Joseph Dichy, Jean N. Druel, Lutz E. Edzard, Manuela E.B. Giolfo, Wilfrid Hodges, Éva M. Jeremiás, Almog Kasher, Giuliano Lancioni, Aryeh Levin, Amal E. Marogy, Noel A. Rivera, Arik Sadan, Haruko Sakaedani, Manuel Sartori, Beata Sheyhatovitch, Zeinab Taha, Kees Versteegh.
Abstracts:
10_Manuela E.B. Giolfo & Wilfrid Hodges
FOUNDATIONS OF ARABIC LINGUISTICS: Previous Editions_FAL1-2-3
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