Sudanese Arabic: Phonematics and Syllable Structure [Arabic]

by James Dickins

This book - the first detailed study of Sudanese Arabic phonology for many years - proposes a functionalist analysis which is strikingly simpler than standard accounts. Consonants and vowels are integrated into a single phoneme system; consonantal y] and vocalic i], consonantal w] and vocalic u], and consonantal ?] and vocalic a] are analysed as allophones of a single phoneme respectively. The putative phonemes 'ee' and 'oo' are analysed not as phonemes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Arabic
• ISBN: 3447055197
• ISBN13: 9783447055192
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 128 Pages