An OT Approach to Loanword Adaptation in Cairene Arabic

Galal, Mohamed

doi:10.17161/kwpl.1808.1241

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“…Arabic, for instance, in both its standard and dialectal forms is a language that has a simple syllable structure that mainly consists of CV (consonant-vowel) or CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) syllables. Egyptian Arabic speakers are often reported to simplify complex onsets and codas of English words through inserting an epenthetic non-phonemic vowel to break consonant clusters and ease articulation (Broselow, 1980(Broselow, , 1983(Broselow, , 1984Galal, 2004 This type of addition error is very common and is also used by Farsi L2 English speakers, who tend to insert a vowel between consonants in order to break a two-consonant cluster (CC), making the pronunciation of a word like plight sound like polite. These learners also insert vowels at the beginning of consonants clusters starting with /s/.…”

Section: Consonant Cluster Simplification Cross-linguisticallymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sound addition or epenthesis in L2 English speech is in most of studies (Broselow, 1980(Broselow, , 1983(Broselow, , 1984(Broselow, , 1987Galal, 2004) explained by transfer of the L1 syllable structure rules and is attributed to the L1 influence. In other studies (Alezetes, 2007), however, it is explained through the Markedness Differential Hypothesis (Eckman, 1977), which postulates that because complex syllable margins (including complex onsets and complex codas) are more marked than simple syllable margins, L2 learners whose L1 does not allow complex syllable margins may have difficulty acquiring L2 forms containing complex syllable margins.…”

Section: Consonant Cluster Simplification Cross-linguisticallymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Epenthesis in the production of English consonant clusters by Tunisian EFL learners

Bouchhioua¹

2019

ALR Journal

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The production of English consonant clusters by L2 speakers, whose native languages do not have a complex syllable structure, is often reported to be challenging. Unlike most varieties of Arabic, Tunisian Arabic (TA) disposes of a flexible syllable structure that allows two consonant clusters in different positions in the word. The present study explores the production of English consonant clusters by L2 speakers of English whose native language is TA. It also seeks to examine the effect of presence of epenthesis on their perceived comprehensibility and degree of foreign accent. A conversation containing target words with different types of clusters and in different positions was read aloud and role played by English major Tunisian students. An auditory and acoustic analysis of the target items was performed to determine the presence or absence of epenthetic vowels used to break the cluster, and results revealed that these English learners used epenthesis with three consonant clusters only. Native speakers of English rated their comprehensibility and degree of foreign accent. Results showed that while the use of epenthesis in target words did not harm the comprehensibility of these learners, it affected their degree of foreign accent highly. The significance of the results is discussed in relation to second language phonological acquisition theories (Eckman, 1977; Mackon & Freguson, 1987; Major, 1987) and pronunciation learning and teaching research.

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Section: Consonant Cluster Simplification Cross-linguisticallymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Consonant Cluster Simplification Cross-linguisticallymentioning

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Epenthesis in the production of English consonant clusters by Tunisian EFL learners

Bouchhioua¹

2019

ALR Journal

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“…The common relativization strategies for the derivation of relative clauses in Arabic discussed in the literature (Alsayed, 1998;Galal, 2004;AlQurashi & Alzahrani, 2023) are gapping and resumption. However, we will suggest that resumption is the sole strategy utilized for deriving free relative clauses in ZSA as we suggest that gaps in relative clauses are not genuine gaps.…”

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A Minimalist Account of Free Relative Clauses in Zahrani Spoken Arabic

AlQurashi,

Alzahrani

2024

IJEL

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This paper explores the syntax of free relative clauses in Zahrani Spoken Arabic (henceforth ZSA). The paper shows that ZSA possesses two types of free relative clauses, viz., nominal free relative clauses and adverbial free relative clauses. The focus of the paper is on nominal free relative clauses. It is shown that nominal free relative clauses can appear in a subject position and a direct object position, and the range of relativization involves subject, direct object, indirect object, prepositional object and possessor relativization. The derivation of free relatives in ZSA involves resumption relativization strategy only where gaps are treated as null resumptive pronouns. As for distribution of null and overt resumptive clitics, there is an alternation between the use of null and overt resumptive pronouns/clitics in subject and direct object position. However, the utilization of overt resumptive pronouns/clitics is mandatory in indirect object, prepositional object and possessor position. It is argued that the free relative markers illi: and mi:n are complementizers. Furthermore, as null and overt resumptive clitics exhibit a big resemblance with respect to their behaviour in the coordinate structures and parasitic gaps, both free relatives with null or resumptive pronouns/clitics involve a null operator movement (in non-island contexts) from inside the free relative clause to the specifier of a complementizer phrase (spec CP). The CP is adjoined to a null antecedent occupying the head of a noun phrase (NP) which is a complement of a determiner phrase (DP) with an empty D.

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“…The only remaining way out of this dilemma is vowel epenthesis. Hence, DJ mends the marked wordinitial CCC clusters via /i/ insertion which is a default epenthetic segment in Arabic (Kenstowicz, 1994: 272) and in Arabic loanword adaptation in particular (Galal, 2004). Consider the data in (11).…”

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The Morphological Nativization of French Loanwords in the Djelfa Dialect with Special Reference to some Phonological Processes Targeting it within OT

Slimani

2016

Open Linguistics

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Algerian Arabic, in general, and the Djelfa dialect, in particular, are receptive to French words. But such borrowing is not unsystematic as they are adapted in a way compatible with the morphological and phonological system of the recipient dialect as well as preserving as much information as possible from the source language. This paper focuses on the morphological nativization of French loanwords in the Djelfa dialect with special reference to some phonological processes, viz., epenthesis, assimilation and devocalization that are used to rehabilitate the illicit syllable structures resulting from such morphological adaptation within Optimality Theory.

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An OT Approach to Loanword Adaptation in Cairene Arabic

Cited by 4 publications

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Epenthesis in the production of English consonant clusters by Tunisian EFL learners

Epenthesis in the production of English consonant clusters by Tunisian EFL learners

A Minimalist Account of Free Relative Clauses in Zahrani Spoken Arabic

The Morphological Nativization of French Loanwords in the Djelfa Dialect with Special Reference to some Phonological Processes Targeting it within OT

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