Gutturals, Emphatics, and the Phenomenon of Emphasis Spread in Fallaahi Jordanian Arabic: A Non- Linear Analysis

Autor/in	Jaradat, Muneera
Titel	Gutturals, Emphatics, and the Phenomenon of Emphasis Spread in Fallaahi Jordanian Arabic: A Non- Linear Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 16 (2020) 4, S.1656-1679 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jaradat, Muneera)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Semitic Languages; Rural Areas; Dialects; Pronunciation; Native Speakers; Articulation (Speech); Phonemes; Human Body; Foreign Countries; Audio Equipment; Phonology; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Dialect; Dialekt; Aussprache; Muttersprachler; Fonem; Menschlicher Körper; Ausland; Audio-CD; Fonologie
Abstract	The study aims to investigate guttural and emphatic sounds and the phenomenon of emphasis spread in Fallaahi Jordanian Arabic (FJA), a rural Jordanian dialect spoken in the north of Jordan. The study uses a non-linear approach, namely, the feature geometry approach to represent guttural and emphatic sounds and the phenomenon of emphasis spread. The data are collected by recording spontaneous conversations of twenty participants who are native speakers of this dialect. The analysis shows that gutturals in FJA are (/x, [voiced uvular fricative], [voiced pharyngeal approximant], [voiceless pharyngeal fricative], h, ?/) and the primary emphatics are (/T, D, S/). The analysis also shows that emphatic sounds can cause spreading of emphasis to other segments since they involve the back of the tongue and accompany a primary articulation at another place of articulation. Moreover, the study reveals that emphasis spread is bi-directional: leftward and rightward. Leftward emphasis is absolute, while rightward emphasis is blocked by the [+high, -back] segments (/i/, /i:/, /y/, and /[unvoiced consonant]/) since they are incompatible with and antagonistic to the Retracted Tongue Root [RTR] feature. Finally, the study shows that the domain of emphasis is minimally over the syllable and maximally over the phonological word. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
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Update	2024/1/01