Emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic
This study aims to examine emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic (JA). Our research is based on word-list data comprising 86 words uttered by 12 native speakers of JA, recorded and acoustically analyzed in Praat for a total of 1032 tokens. The consonants of the bound m...
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| description | This study aims to examine emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic (JA). Our research is based on word-list data comprising 86 words uttered by 12 native speakers of JA, recorded and acoustically analyzed in Praat for a total of 1032 tokens. The consonants of the bound morphemes tested include the genitive/accusative suffix-initial consonant /h/, the active participle prefix-final consonant /t/, and the definite article-final consonant /l/, in terms of emphasis. The results firstly show that the phoneme /t/ undergoes total emphatic assimilation when followed by a coronal obstruent. Secondly, when the phoneme /l/ is followed by any emphatic coronal, it undergoes total emphatic assimilation. Thirdly, the phoneme /h/ undergoes total emphatic assimilation when preceded by an emphatic voiceless fricative or an emphatic voiceless plosive. Fourthly, the directionality of assimilation across morpheme boundaries is either progressive with the suffix /-h/ or regressive with the prefixes /t-/ and /l-/. Finally, emphasis is found to be an important feature that correlates with assimilation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25edc71973e44701afcfc427a05489562022-12-22T02:10:52ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862022-12-018110.1080/23311886.2022.2072059Emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian ArabicMutasim Al-Deaibes0Marwan Jarrah1Ekab Al-Shawashreh2Rami Alsharefeen3Department of English, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAEDepartment of English, University of Jordan, Amman, JordanDepartment of English, Yarmouk University, Irbid, JordanFaculty Affairs, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAEThis study aims to examine emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic (JA). Our research is based on word-list data comprising 86 words uttered by 12 native speakers of JA, recorded and acoustically analyzed in Praat for a total of 1032 tokens. The consonants of the bound morphemes tested include the genitive/accusative suffix-initial consonant /h/, the active participle prefix-final consonant /t/, and the definite article-final consonant /l/, in terms of emphasis. The results firstly show that the phoneme /t/ undergoes total emphatic assimilation when followed by a coronal obstruent. Secondly, when the phoneme /l/ is followed by any emphatic coronal, it undergoes total emphatic assimilation. Thirdly, the phoneme /h/ undergoes total emphatic assimilation when preceded by an emphatic voiceless fricative or an emphatic voiceless plosive. Fourthly, the directionality of assimilation across morpheme boundaries is either progressive with the suffix /-h/ or regressive with the prefixes /t-/ and /l-/. Finally, emphasis is found to be an important feature that correlates with assimilation.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2022.2072059LinguisticsmorphophonologyassimilationJordanian Arabicemphasis |
| spellingShingle | Mutasim Al-Deaibes Marwan Jarrah Ekab Al-Shawashreh Rami Alsharefeen Emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic Cogent Social Sciences Linguistics morphophonology assimilation Jordanian Arabic emphasis |
| title | Emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic |
| title_full | Emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic |
| title_fullStr | Emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic |
| title_short | Emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in Jordanian Arabic |
| title_sort | emphatic assimilation across morpheme boundaries in jordanian arabic |
| topic | Linguistics morphophonology assimilation Jordanian Arabic emphasis |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2022.2072059 |
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