Al-wer, Enam (2014) Yod-dropping in b-imperfect verb forms ?in Amman. In: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXVI: Papers from the annual symposium on Arabic Linguistics. New York, 2012. Studies in Arabic Linguistics . John Benjamins, pp. 29-44. ISBN 9789027200303. Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sal.2.03wer
Al-wer, Enam (2014) Yod-dropping in b-imperfect verb forms ?in Amman. In: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXVI: Papers from the annual symposium on Arabic Linguistics. New York, 2012. Studies in Arabic Linguistics . John Benjamins, pp. 29-44. ISBN 9789027200303. Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sal.2.03wer
Al-wer, Enam (2014) Yod-dropping in b-imperfect verb forms ?in Amman. In: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXVI: Papers from the annual symposium on Arabic Linguistics. New York, 2012. Studies in Arabic Linguistics . John Benjamins, pp. 29-44. ISBN 9789027200303. Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sal.2.03wer
Abstract
This article presents analysis of data from the emerging dialect of Amman within the framework of ?dialect contact? and ?new dialect formation? (Trudgill, 1986, 2004). In particular, it focuses on the conjugation of 3rd person singular and plural verb forms with or without /j/. The dialect of Amman can be described as the output of contact between speakers of two major dialect groups: Jordanian and Palestinian. In both groups of dialects, the imperfective takes the form b + Imperfect form, but whereas in Jordanian dialects Yod is dropped from the stem in the b-imperfect form in all environments, in Palestinian dialects it is dropped in open syllables only. The analysis reveals two important innovative patterns of conjugation: (i) Yod is dropped everywhere except where it carries ?person? information, and (ii) in hamza-initial verbs (?glottal-initial verbs? such as /?akal/ ?to eat?) speakers with Jordanian heritage introduce a new form for 1st person singular and reallocate an existing form to the 3rd person singular masculine.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2014 14:16 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 18:42 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11787 |
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