Speech Rhythm in English and Arabic: A Contrastive Review

Q1 Arts and Humanities

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.33806/ijaes2000.23.1.10

Mohammed Nour, Abu Guba, Shehdeh Fareh, S. Yagi

引用次数: 2

Abstract

This paper compares Arabic and English speech rhythms to increase awareness of this neglected and often misunderstood topic in foreign language acquisition. Unlike previous studies, we adopt a phonological view of speech rhythm rather than an isochrony-based phonetic view. We detail the components of speech rhythm at the word and utterance levels in Arabic and English focusing on the rhythmical differences that would affect the learners’ rhythm of both languages negatively. Findings suggest that Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Jordanian-Ammani Arabic (JAA), unlike English, should be placed at the lower end of the rhythmic continuum. The study opens new directions for future research and concludes with pedagogical implications for learners of Arabic and English.

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英语和阿拉伯语语言节奏的对比研究

本文将阿拉伯语和英语的语音节奏进行比较，以提高人们对这一在外语习得中经常被忽视和误解的话题的认识。与以往的研究不同，我们采用语音节奏的音韵学观点，而不是基于等时的语音观点。我们详细介绍了阿拉伯语和英语在单词和话语水平上的语音节奏组成部分，重点是节奏差异会对两种语言的学习者的节奏产生负面影响。研究结果表明，现代标准阿拉伯语(MSA)和约旦-阿曼尼阿拉伯语(JAA)，不像英语，应该放在节奏连续体的下端。本研究为未来的研究开辟了新的方向，并总结了对阿拉伯语和英语学习者的教学启示。

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International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

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期刊介绍： The aim of this international refereed journal is to promote original research into cross-language and cross-cultural studies in general, and Arabic-English contrastive and comparative studies in particular. Within this framework, the journal welcomes contributions to such areas of interest as comparative literature, contrastive textology, contrastive linguistics, lexicology, stylistics, and translation studies. The journal is also interested in theoretical and practical research on both English and Arabic as well as in foreign language education in the Arab world. Reviews of important, up-to- date, relevant publications in English and Arabic are also welcome. In addition to articles and book reviews, IJAES has room for notes, discussion and relevant academic presentations and reports. These may consist of comments, statements on current issues, short reports on ongoing research, or short replies to other articles. The International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES) is the forum of debate and research for the Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities (APETAU). However, contributions from scholars involved in language, literature and translation across language communities are invited.