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WORD-INITIAL CONSONANT CLUSTER PATTERNS IN THE ARABIC NAJDI DIALECT

, 2013
Unlike in Classical Arabic, this study hypothesized that word-initial consonant clusters exist in Najdi Arabic as a result of first vowel deletion. The goal of this study was to investigate the word-initial consonant cluster patterns of Najdi Arabic and ...
ALGHMAIZ, BANDAR ABDULAZIZ
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Syllable Structure and Phonological Processes of Southern Najdi Arabic: an Optimality-Theoretic Model

, 2022
This dissertation provides a theoretical analysis of the syllable structures and vowel processes in an understudied dialect, Southern Najdi Arabic (SNA). Using the dialect’s unique phonological characteristics, the analysis aims to contribute to a better
Alshahrani, Saad
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Attitudes Toward Dialectal Variations in Saudi Arabic: A Case Study of King Abdulaziz University Students

Languages
The current study investigated the attitudes of 340 Saudi college students towards two Arabic dialectal variations, kaskasah and kaʃkaʃah, utilizing the matched-guise technique.
Saeed Ali Al Alaslaa
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The acoustic properties of laryngeal contrast in Najdi Arabic initial stops [PDF]

The aim of the present study is to investigate the acoustic properties of the laryngeal contrast in Najdi Arabic initial stops, with a particular focus on whether both voicing and aspiration are active features in the language.
Khattab G, Al-Gamdi N, Al-Tamimi J
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Najdi Arabic, Central Arabian Amsterdam & Philadelphia:J. Benjamins ,1998

, 1998
Item does not contain fulltextBruce Ingham Najdi Arabic, Central Arabian Amsterdam & Philadelphia:J.
Versteegh, C.H.M.
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The realization of the speech act of suggestion in Alexandrian and Najdi Arabic: a variational pragmatic study

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The current study adopts a variational pragmatic approach to compare the realization of the speech act of suggestion in two Arabic dialects: Alexandrian, spoken in an important coastal city of Egypt, and Najdi, spoken in the capital city of Saudi Arabia.
Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs, Mervat M. Ahmed   +1 more
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An analysis of the role of micro and macro levels in rendering some standard Arabic proverbs into English [PDF]

, 2013
This thesis was inspired by my MA Dissertation back in (2007). This dissertation dealt with 'situationality'. After a couple of years, there was a need to explore other aspects of translation.
Othman, Othman Ahmed Omran
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Double Modals in Najdi Arabic

Forum for Linguistic Studies
In contrast to constructions with single modals, the double-modal pattern is known to be a rare syntactic process. This investigation examines the use of double modals (DMs) in the Buraydawi variety of Najdi Arabic (BNA). Previous studies state that Standard Arabic (SA) modals are in two categories: modals and semi-modals.
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Connected And Free Exceptive Constructions In Najdi Arabic

Ijaz Arabi Journal of Arabic Learning
In the syntactic literature, two types of exceptive constructions have been identified, namely connected exceptives (CEs) and free exceptives (FEs). While the exceptive phrase appears adjacent to its associate in CEs, it appears non-adjacent in FEs. Within the Arabic context, two competing lines of analysis have been proposed.
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The Syllabification System and Stress Pattern of Najdi Arabic

International Journal of English Linguistics, 2019
This paper discusses stress pattern in Central Najdi Arabic (CN), a dialect spoken in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The purpose is to determine where stress goes in this dialect, and to underline the correct ranking of constraints within the frame of Optimality Theory (OT).
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