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The L2 Perceptual Mapping Of Arabic And English Consonants By American English Learners, Zafer Lababidi
The L2 Perceptual Mapping Of Arabic And English Consonants By American English Learners, Zafer Lababidi
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There has been rapid growth in Arabic learning in the United States. With that increase, many learners of Arabic often experience difficulties in learning some Arabic sounds. Among these are the Arabic plain sounds /t, d, ð, s/ and emphatic sounds /tʕ, dʕ, ðʕ, sʕ/. Many studies have proposed that these difficulties are related to the relationship between sounds in learners’ first language (L1) and those in the target language (L2) (Flege, 1987 and 1995; Best, 1995 and 1999; Best, McRoberts, & Sithole, 1988; Best & Tyler, 2007). Previous studies have examined the perceptual patterns of these sounds by relying …
The Syntax Of Elliptical Constructions In Jordanian Arabic, Juman Albukhari
The Syntax Of Elliptical Constructions In Jordanian Arabic, Juman Albukhari
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ABSTRACT
THE SYNTAX OF ELLIPTICAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN JORDANIAN ARABIC
by
Juman Al Bukhari
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016
Under the Supervision of Professor Nicholas Fleisher
The syntax of Arabic elliptical constructions is unsettled, as there are few studies that have been done in the Arabic descriptive literature, as well as in Jordanian Arabic (henceforth, JA) specifically. Therefore, this paper will investigate some elliptical constructions in JA in particular to figure out the analysis of these constructions. In order to pursue this research, it is crucial to determine how JA elliptical data behave inasmuch as some examples are diagnosed as gapping …