Stress Variation of the Construct Phrase in Arabic: A Spectrographic Analysis  

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Al-Ani, Salman H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 34 no. 1/4 (1992), page 256-276.
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The stress patterns of Arabic and their variations have been investigated through a well-designed experiment utilizing native speakers from different regions of the Arab World. The three suprasegmental features loud- ness, pitch, and time seem, collectively, to playa role in determining the stressed syllable. The syllable types, distribution, and environment of the construct phrase (Idafah) seem to play important roles in the placement of stress. The tentative results of this study conclude that there is more uniformity among the speakers in stress placement than originally thought. The first word of the construct phrase is favored over the second in receiving primary stress. The two words in this phrase seem to strike a balance within their own syllabic structure. The long syllable within each word is favored to receive primary stress, while the linking syllable of these words is, surprisingly, much more prominent than expected.

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