Dickins, J (1996) Some speculations on the vowel system of classical Arabic. CMEIS Occasional Papers: Three topics in Arabic phonology. 53. 6 - 19. ISSN 1357-7522
Abstract
In this paper I consider the vowel combinations of Classical Arabic. I discuss the possibiIity that vowel combinations which are not considered to have been standardly permitted in Classical Arabic might have occurred in certain ancient dialects. I draw mainly on the observations of Sibawayh, as well as more modem interpretors of the classical Arabic grammarians such as Rabill (1951) and al-Nassir (1993). Given the nature of the material which I am looking at and the relative brevity of this paper, the arguments which I present here are not intended to be anything more than speculative and exploratory.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 1996, The Occasional Papers series of the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham. Reproduced with permission from the publisher. |
Keywords: | Linguistics; vowel system; glottal states; synchronic; diachronic |
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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) > Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2014 12:39 |
Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2015 18:17 |
Published Version: | http://dro.dur.ac.uk/162/ |
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Publisher: | The Occasional Papers series of the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham |
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