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Name:	Mai  Zaki
Institution:	Middlesex University, UK
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State and/or Country:	United Kingdom
Linguistic Field(s):	General Linguistics Linguistic Theories Pragmatics Semantics Text/Corpus Linguistics
Specialty:	Relevance Theory
Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard English
Selected Publications:	Zaki, M. (2011). A Procedural Analysis of kadhalik in Modern Standard Arabic: Demonstrative or discourse marker? In V. Escandell-Vidal, M. Leonetti and A. Ahern (eds.) Procedural Meaning: Problems and Perspectives (Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface).. Emerald Group Publishing, pp. 317-346. Zaki, M. (2007). A procedural account of demonstratives in English and Arabic: A corpus-based study. In Proceedings of DAARC 2007, Lagos Portugal. Centro de Linguistica da Universidade de Porto, pp. 159-163.
Courses Taught:	B.A. International Business and Arabic, Middlesex University Years 1,2,3 Arabic Comprehension, Year 2. SOAS
Dissertation Abstract:	The Semantics and Pragmatics of Demonstratives in English and Arabic
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