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This study investigated the American and Arabian perception of similarity in metaphors and their structurally related similes. The inclusion of two culturally distinct groups in the study broadened our understanding of the different aspects of concepts that people in each cultur…

The aim of this study is to examine the use of formative evaluation using a process-based model as a way of conceptualizing the parameters of an evaluation study. In particular, it examines the question of "Does formative program evaluation provide useful data for an ESP program…

Arabian Gulf women's folk music which is performed at weddings by a lead singer (daqaqa ) and chorus (firqa ) has received little exposure compared to other styles of Middle Eastern music performance. The results from an investigation of the role of women in Arab music history, …

This dissertation describes and characterizes a diaspora and its history. It does this by drawing upon cultural materials which were created within the historical and geographical movement itself. These are genealogies of diverse sorts, such as prose narrations, charts, performe…