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This article examines how targeted investment in Arabic linguistic infrastructure, coupled with coordinated language planning, can strengthen cognitive sovereignty — understood as the capacity to produce, circulate, and validate knowledge through Arabic at high levels of scientific complexity. Using Saudi Arabia as a case study and drawing on comparative lessons from CLARIN (Europe), U.S. Language Resource Centres, and selected revitalisation and digital-sovereignty initiatives, the analysis maps Saudi interventions across language technology, corpus and terminology development, higher-education reform, and institutional governance. It then proposes an evaluative framework for estimating the cognitive return on linguistic investment through measurable KPIs (bibliometric, educational, digital-usage, and innovation indicators). To support practical uptake, the paper outlines a staged implementation pathway — baseline measurement, limited pilots in priority domains, and iterative refinement through an annual dashboard — so indicators can be tested, validated, and scaled. The study concludes with policy recommendations for positioning Arabic as a strategic knowledge asset and for enabling regional collaboration on shared infrastructure and standards.

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2026-05-11

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Enhancing Arabic in scientific research
John Benjamins ; https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.25028.bou
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Keywords: Saudi Arabia ; linguistic infrastructure ; cognitive sovereignty ; Arabic language policy ; knowledge economy ; language planning

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