The Role of the Syllable in the Segmentation of Cairene Spoken Arabic  

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Aquil, Rajaa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Psycholinguistics Research =>ada di SpringerLink 1972(vol.1) - Mutakhir; PROQUEST vol. 41 no. 2 (Apr. 2012), page 141-158.
Topik: Arabic connected speech · Cairene spoken Arabic · The syllable as a perceptual unit · Role of the syllable in segmentation · Syllable monitoring · Stress and the syllable in segmenting CA
Fulltext: Aquil_Rajaa, vol. 41 issue 2 April 2012. p. 141 - 158.pdf (539.33KB)

Isi artikel

The syllable as a perceptual unit has been investigated cross linguistically. In CaireneArabic syllables fall into three categories, lightCV, heavyCVC/CVVand superheavy CVCC/CVVC. However, heavy syllables in Cariene Arabic have varied weight depending on their position in a word, whether internal or final. The present paper investigates the role of the syllable in the segmentation of Cariene Arabic. It reports a psycholinguistic study; syllable monitoring that was conducted on 32 Egyptian Arabic native speakers to examine the perceptual role of the syllable in spoken connected language. Theoretical phonological studies have identified Cairene Arabic as a stress-timed language; however, psycholinguistic studies providing evidence for this theoretical finding are scarce. The present study which is a cross modal (visual and auditory) counterbalanced design, gives evidence for the role of the (CVC) syllable in the segmentation of Cairene spoken language.

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