Flaps and Trills in Najdi and Hijazi Arabic

IF 0.2 4区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-12-04 DOI:10.5296/ijl.v14i6.20592

Eisa S. Alrasheedi

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Abstract

This study is an investigation of flaps and trills in Najdi and Hijazi Arabic, which are the most spoken Arabic varieties in Saudi Arabia. It focuses on how flaps and trills behave in relation to vowels and consonants in the two varieties of Arabic. The data in this study were collected from four Hijazi and five Najdi participants. A total number of 730 sentences were read by the participants. It was found that /r/, which is the underlying phoneme, surfaces as [r] when it occurs word-initially or after a [-coronal] consonant, a [+voiced] consonant, or a [-coronal, +voiced] consonant, otherwise /r/ surfaces as [ɾ]. In Najdi Arabic, /ɾ/, which is the underlying phoneme, surfaces as [r] after a [-coronal, +voiced] consonant; otherwise /ɾ/ surfaces as [ɾ] elsewhere. Also, it was found that Najdi Arabic violates the sonority hierarchy, as in [ɾtaʕ] and [batɾ], in which the segments in the onset of [ɾtaʕ] and the coda of [batɾ] do not maintain the universal sonority hierarchy: glides>liquids>nasals>obstruents, which is maintained in Hijazi Arabic. This paper argues that rhotics in both varieties of Arabic may be sensitive to the preceding adjacent consonants, but not to vowels.

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Najdi和Hijazi阿拉伯语的襟翼和颤音

本研究是对Najdi和Hijazi阿拉伯语的襟翼和颤音的调查，这是沙特阿拉伯最常用的阿拉伯语品种。它侧重于两种阿拉伯语变体中，闪音和颤音与元音和辅音的关系。本研究的数据收集自4名Hijazi和5名Najdi参与者。参与者总共读了730个句子。研究发现，当/r/出现在单词开头或出现在[- corononal]辅音、[+浊音]辅音或[- corononal， +浊音]辅音之后时，它会以[r]的形式出现，否则/r/就会以[[]的形式出现。在Najdi阿拉伯语中，/音素/在[- corononal， +浊音]辅音后以[r]的形式出现;否则/音/在别处就会变成[音]。此外，研究还发现，Najdi阿拉伯语违反了音高等级，如[[j] ta[]和[j]，其中[j] ta[]的起音段和[j]的尾音段不保持普遍的音高等级:滑翔>液体>鼻音>阻塞，这在Hijazi阿拉伯语中是保持的。本文认为，这两种阿拉伯语的卷舌音可能对前面相邻的辅音敏感，但对元音不敏感。

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International Journal of American Linguistics Multiple-

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期刊介绍： International Journal of American Linguistics is a world forum for the study of all the languages native to North, Central, and South America. Inaugurated by Franz Boas in 1917, IJAL concentrates on the investigation of linguistic data and on the presentation of grammatical fragments and other documents relevant to Amerindian languages.