Regional variation in the syntactic use of qad reflexes: Convergence or divergence in Saudi Arabic varieties?

In Classical Arabic (CA), qad, a discourse particle has been extensively studied. However, the linguistic behavior of the different reflexes of the particle qad in Saudi varieties (SVs), namely gid, gīd, jid, and dzid, has not been studied. Due to this lack, the current study, as primary exploratory...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Munira Al-Azraqi, Ahlam Alharbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2022.2139907