PUBLICATION OF ISSUE 13 OF THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL "LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS" ON "AFRICAN, SEMITIC, AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS " Edited by MOHA ENNAJI TABLE OF CONTENTS (see also attached file) Introduction...............................i Moha Ennaji Reading Semitic Languages Are some Letters/Phonemes "more Equal" than Others?................................................1 Abdessatar Mahfoudhi The Dual Status of some Verbs in Ikalanga.................21 Joyce T. Mathangwane The Hosting System of Object Clitics Cluster(ing) in Berber.............35 Noureddine El Ouazizi Differences between Acquiring L1 and Learning L2: Some Implications for TEF/SL...56 Mohammed Khalil Ennassiri On Parametrization and the Syntax of Code Switching..............65 Mustapha Aabi What Difficulties do Moroccan Pupils Face in Learning Modern Standard Arabic?................................................................. .... .........82 Youssef Tamer Measuring Reading Ability among Saudi Learners of English.............97 Sultan Ahmed M. Arishi The Use of the Dictionary by Saudi Learners of English..............106 Sultan Ahmed M. Arishi For more information, please contact Prof Moha Ennaji by email: estry@menara.ma Or Consult the website: www.lang-ling.tk