The Use of the [ts] Variant in the Arabic Bedouin Dialects  

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Salman, Mahmoud El

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of English Linguistics vol. 6 no. 1 (Feb. 2016), page 118-127.
Fulltext: 56996-198970-1-SM.pdf (261.97KB)

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This paper is a sociolinguistic study of the speech of people who belong to Bedouin tribes, namely, the Anizi tribe, in Saudi Arabia. The speech of forty-eight informants from this tribe has been observed and analyzed with the aim of noting variations in the speech of this group and identifying possible correlations with selected extra-linguistic factors. Because the variant [ts] of the (K) variable is the key feature of the dialect of this group, it will be used as a basis in investigating this variation. The study shows that the /ts/ sound, which is not widely known or used by a large percentage in the Arab world, is still categorically used in the speech of the members of this tribe within the tribe’s domain. It frequently appears in a high percentage in the speech of the older generation as well as the young. The study also shows that its use drastically decreases in other settings. Complex psycho-linguistic and socio-linguistic factors have been found to be crucial in determining whether the variant is preserved or abandoned within the different settings.

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