The Syllabification System and Stress Pattern of Najdi Arabic

Alhammad, Reham

doi:10.5539/ijel.v9n6p116

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“…(2) Stress algorithm in previous studies (Alqahtani, 2014;Al Amro, 2015;Alhammad, 2019;Alabeeky, 2022) a.…”

Section: Na Stressmentioning

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Syllables and Stress Assignment in Najdi Arabic

Alsuhaibani¹

2022

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The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed and unified analysis of word stress in Najdi Arabic (NA), a variety of Arabic spoken in Najd, located in the central region of Saudi Arabia. Regular stress, seemingly exceptional cases, and also variations within NA itself are all accounted for in a simple and straightforward manner. The proposed analysis is based on two principles. First, unlike previous studies that employ a three-way weight distinction between light, heavy, and superheavy syllables, a binary weight distinction between light (monomoraic) C(C)v; and heavy (bimoraic) C(C)vX(C) is proposed, where “X” is either a vowel or a consonant. Second, word-final consonants are crucially assumed to be “extrasyllabic”. The stress algorithm is constrained so that stress may fall on one of the last three syllables of a word, as follows: Stress the rightmost heavy syllable if and only if it is one of the word’s last three syllables; otherwise stress the antepenultimate syllable (initial syllable in disyllabic words). Variations within NA and seemingly exceptional cases are accounted for by the fact that stress assignment applies earlier in the derivation before the application of any other phonological processes that subsequently alter the shape of the word.

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“…(2) Stress algorithm in previous studies (Alqahtani, 2014;Al Amro, 2015;Alhammad, 2019;Alabeeky, 2022) a.…”

Section: Na Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, according to sub-rule (2e), stress is incorrectly placed on the penultimate syllable in the word Furthermore, some of these studies contain a number of inaccuracies and inconsistencies in their data. For example, Alhammad (2019) writes the following about her stress sub-rule number 3 given in (3) below:…”

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Syllables and Stress Assignment in Najdi Arabic

Alsuhaibani¹

2022

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Are Arabic listeners “stress deaf” to their own L2 pronunciation?

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Vogel

2023

Studies in Arabic Linguistics

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This study investigates to what extent Arabic speakers, whose L1 has predictable lexical stress, are “stress deaf” and whether their L1 prosodic properties influence their L2 stress perception. Arabic L2 English speakers and L1 English speakers performed an identification task with English nonce words produced by English and Arabic speakers. The results reveal that the Arabic speakers had more difficulty than the English speakers in identifying stress regardless of whether the words were produced by Arabic or English speakers, confirming their stress deafness in general. The Arabic speakers, nevertheless, exhibited greater sensitivity to stress produced by other Arabic speakers, especially in the position expected for Arabic, indicating further the effect of L1 prosodic properties on their perception of L2 stress.

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The Syllabification System and Stress Pattern of Najdi Arabic

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Syllables and Stress Assignment in Najdi Arabic

Syllables and Stress Assignment in Najdi Arabic

Are Arabic listeners “stress deaf” to their own L2 pronunciation?

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