Watson, J.C.E., Lourido, G.T. and al-Mahri, A. (2023) Epenthesis and vowel intrusion in Central Dhofari Mehri. Journal of Semitic Studies. ISSN 0022-4480
Abstract
The paper discusses epenthesis and vowel intrusion in the Central Dhofari variety of Mehri, one of six endangered Modern South Arabian languages indigenous to southern Arabia. Mehri is spoken by members of the Mahrah tribe in southern Oman, eastern Yemen, parts of southern and eastern Saudi Arabia and in communities in parts of the Gulf and East Africa. The estimated number of Mehri speakers is between 100,000–180,000. Following Hall (2006), this study distinguishes between two types of inserted vowels: epenthetic vowels, which repair illicit syllable structures, and intrusive vowels, which transition between consonants. The paper examines how the properties of epenthetic and intrusive vowels as proposed by Hall relate to Mehri.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > LCS Administration |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2023 09:54 |
Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2023 09:54 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/jss/fgad028 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:204880 |