Gulf Pidgin Arabic: A Descriptive and Statistical Analysis of Stability

Alghamdi, Emad A.

doi:10.5296/ijl.v6i6.6846

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“…Here, I look at the variety of GPA spoken in Saudi Arabia since there are several varieties of GPA based on different Arabic lexifiers (Avram, 2020;Versteegh, 2020). Even though many scholars consider this variety incipient pidgin (Alghamdi, 2014;Alshammari, 2018;Naess, 2008), it is undergoing conventionalization in terms of verbal and pronominal form selection (Alshammari, 2018).…”

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Tense/Aspect Marking in Arabic-Based Pidgins

Alshammari

2021

Sustainable Multilingualism

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Summary The earliest stages of pidgin formation show a preference for analytic and morphologically reduced grammatical constructions relative to their lexifier or substrate languages, where the apparent morphological marking, if found, seems to be fossilized. Structural relations, therefore, are mostly expressed externally. Tense/aspect categories are marked through temporal adverbials or inferred from the context. Creole languages, however, are said to develop such categories through grammaticalization. This study examines tense/aspect marking in five Arabic-based pidgins: Juba Arabic, Turku Pidgin, Pidgin Madame, Romanian Pidgin Arabic, and Gulf Pidgin Arabic. Using Siegel’s (2008) scale of morphological simplicity, from lexicality to grammaticality, this study concludes that tense/aspect marking is expressed lexically through temporal adverbials or inferred from the context in the earliest stages of Arabic-based pidgins, which only later—in stabilized pidgins—develops into grammaticalized markers when certain criteria are met.

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Section: Gulf Pidgin Arabicmentioning

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Tense/Aspect Marking in Arabic-Based Pidgins

Alshammari

2021

Sustainable Multilingualism

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“…These relations gained momentum after the discovery of oil in the gulf and caused the emergence of a new pidgin-Gulf Pidgin Arabic or Urdubic, (Smart 1990, Naess (2008, Monshipouri 2009, Avram, 2014, Bakir 2014, Alghamdi 2014, Alshammari 2018and Abed 2018 . The new pidgin emerged only in those urban areas where South Asian workers lived and worked.…”

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Perceptions of Arab Non-linguists about New Pidgin ‘Urdubic’

Hussain

Asif

Khan

2021

ARJICC

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The print and electronic media of the world remains occupied with political and economic issues in the world. It rarely seems to pay its attention to gradual sociolinguistic developments that take place in the wake of political and economic developments. One of such issues of sociolinguistic importance is the development of a new pidgin ‘Urdubic’ in the Persian Gulf. Some Arab linguists view this development as a threat to the time-honored purity of Arabic. What do non-linguists among Arabs think on this issue? Do they take Urdubic as threat for their mother tongue when they go about their daily business with the immigrant workers? In order to gauge their opinions about the pidgin, the researchers conducted this preliminary study among Arab non-linguists in KSA and UAE. The findings of the study add to the state of the information on the subject.

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“…The new pidgin in the Gulf has been given different names such as Gulf Pidgin, Gulf Pidgin Arabic, Hindi Arabic, and Urdubic. Avram (2014), Alghamdi (2014) Alshammari (2018). And Abed (2018) link the development of this new language to economic integration and the arrival of immigrant workers in the Persian Gulf.…”

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Urdubic as a Lingua Franca in the Arab Countries of the Persian Gulf

Hussain

Asif

Din³

2020

RJSSER

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A new lingua franca, Urdubic, is emerging in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf. Its linguistic composition is defined by the reduced and simplified forms of Arabic and Urdu. The paper examines linguistic, social, and historical aspects of its sociolinguistic make-up. Recurrent patterns of mutual migration between Arabs and Indians have played a pivotal role in the development of this lingua franca. Today, it appears to permeate the very homes of the Arabs. The examples of linguistic features (combinations of Urdu and Arabic) of the pidgin mentioned in the current study show that Urban Arabic is accepting foreign influences. This influx of foreign languages has alarmed those Arabs who want to preserve the purity of Arabic. How long Urdubic is going to survive amid Arabs’ efforts to save Arabic from such foreign influences? The paper concludes with speculations about the future of Urdubic.

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Gulf Pidgin Arabic: A Descriptive and Statistical Analysis of Stability

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

Tense/Aspect Marking in Arabic-Based Pidgins

Tense/Aspect Marking in Arabic-Based Pidgins

Perceptions of Arab Non-linguists about New Pidgin ‘Urdubic’

Urdubic as a Lingua Franca in the Arab Countries of the Persian Gulf

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