Jordanian and Palestinian dialects in contact: vowel raising in Amman

Al‐Wer, Enam

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“…Al‐Wer : 68–71), [e] emerges as the default variant of (AH) with [a] appearing in specific phonological environments, as described earlier. At the regional level, Al‐Wer notes, ‘in general, the non‐raising dialects are generally peripheral, localized, non‐urban dialects, whereas all of the socially dominant dialects are raising dialects, such as the dialects of Beirut, Damascus, and Jerusalem’ (Al‐Wer : 71). The dialect of Gaza City, therefore, can be viewed as a more peripheral dialect.…”

Section: The Feminine Gender Marker (Ah)mentioning

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Social integration and dialect divergence in coastal Palestine

Cotter

Horesh

2015

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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OverviewThe sociolinguistics of Arabic varieties is much more complex than the conventional nomenclature of Arabic dialects may lead the non-specialist to believe. One hears or reads of linguistic entities such as "Egyptian Arabic," "Syrian Arabic," "Moroccan Arabic," which imply that each of these is a singular, cohesive unit, which one can describe, study, and become proficient in. Furthermore, these nation-state-based labels create the illusion that today's political borders, many of which are artificial colonial or post-colonial creations of the early-to-mid 20th century, are able not only to each contain a single dialect of Arabic, but also delimit the beginnings and endings of dialect areas, as if political events are the sole factors in the formation of isoglosses.Compare Arabic to another well-studied language, e.g., English, and it becomes clear.While in some instances it may be useful to distinguish "British English" from "American English" from "Canadian English" and so forth, the multitude of sociolinguistic studies now at our disposal from each of these countries demonstrates just how limited these taxonomies are.Add to that regional, social, interpersonal and intrapersonal variation, and -most importantly to the case we shall be presenting henceforth: migration, isolation, and dialect contact -and it will become clear that in Arabic, as in other languages, a fine-tuning of our understanding and definition of dialect boundaries is in order.The current study concerns a Palestinian speech community. This community can, actually, be viewed as two communities which have split from one another as a result of ethnic cleansing and displacement and subsequent immersion in a third community. More specifically, the city of Jaffa, on the Mediterranean coast of central Palestine, which had been a thriving Page 1 of 42For review only. Confidential. Should not be cited. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Being a refugee in Gaza carries some degree of social markedness, as well as the refugee status that most speakers are afforded by the United Nations. Part of this social markedness has to do with dialect differences. The traditional dialect of Jaffa differs from that of Gaza in a number of interesting ways. This is one prime example of two dialects, both urban, both Palestinian, both coastal-Mediterranean -three features which are known in Arabic dialectology to indicate convergence of dialectal features -which have nonetheless diverging features, as we will demonstrate below. Journal of SociolinguisticsOur analysis provides an examination of the linguistic outcomes of politically induced and maintained dialect contact in one of the world's most volatile areas. At the same time, we suggest that a sociolinguistic variable of high social salience in the Arabic speaking world is being re-contextualized as an identity marker in...

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Social integration and dialect divergence in coastal Palestine

Cotter

Horesh

2015

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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“…To the best of my knowledge, most studies have focused on either Standard Arabic or Colloquial Arabic (e.g. Abd-El-Jawad, 1986;Al-Kharabsheh, 2008;ALomoush, 2016;Al-Tamimi, Abu-Abbas, & Tarawnah, 2010;Al-Wer, 2002).…”

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The Broken Plural in Arabic

Alsoudi¹

2023

ELR

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This paper aims to examine types and patterns of the broken plural in Arabic and the impact of phonological rules and ascending and descending diphthongs on the formation of the broken plural in Arabic. It also highlights particular phonological processes such as assimilation, dissimilation, and ascending and descending diphthongs so that it appears that these diphthongs have been phonetically changed by virtue of sound elision, sometimes accomplished by compensation (sound replacement) and sometimes without compensation; on the other hand, the diphthong may remain unchanged since it maintains the clarity and easiness of the linguistic form. Based on what I have so far studied in Arabic grammar, ancient Arabic grammarians explained these patterns alongside the linguistic changes that occur whilst contemporary Arabic scholars used creative and innovative ways to explain them more precisely and accurately. It could be argued that phonetic transcription has played a key role in that. Therefore, this paper is an academic endeavor to study the linguistic aspects of the broken plural in Arabic, with a particular focus on their syntax, phonetics and phonology.

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“…Moreover, another sociolinguistic factor the current study aims to investigate is access to education and its correlation with complementizer agreement in JA. Al-Wer (2002) highlights the significance of this constraint, arguing that "level of education as a speaker variable is a proxy variable, which acts on behalf of, mainly, amount and nature of contact with speakers of the target features" (p.14). She also elaborates on this by highlighting that level of education is an indicator of the nature of the speakers' social contacts.…”

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A Variationist Approach to Complementizer Agreement in Jordanian Arabic

Al-Omyan

2024

Hum

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Objectives: This study aims to assess the impact of linguistic and social factors on the compatibility of source tools in the Jordanian dialect. Method: Thirty-six sociolinguistic interviews were conducted with 36 speakers residing in Jordan's capital, Amman. These interviews were recorded using a high-sensitivity, low-disturbance digital voice recorder and were transcribed into pre-prepared Excel tables. Statistical work was conducted, considering the coding protocol and using the GoldVarb X software. The study centered on three social factors: gender, educational level, and age, and three linguistic factors: sentence type, actor definition, and actor identification. Results: The study found that complementizer agreement is not limited by any social factors but is connected to one of the linguistic factors discussed in the study, namely, nominal characteristics (1st person, 2nd person, and 3rd person). This is due to the presence of a "common context" in cases involving the 1st person and 2nd person, while this context is not evident with the 3rd person. Conclusion: The study concluded that social factors do not influence grammatical diversity, unlike phonological diversity, which can be affected by social factors.

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Jordanian and Palestinian dialects in contact: vowel raising in Amman

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Social integration and dialect divergence in coastal Palestine

Social integration and dialect divergence in coastal Palestine

The Broken Plural in Arabic

A Variationist Approach to Complementizer Agreement in Jordanian Arabic

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