WORD-INITIAL CONSONANT CLUSTER PATTERNS IN THE ARABIC NAJDI DIALECT

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 measure the sonority scale of this particular...

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Main Author: ALGHMAIZ, BANDAR ABDULAZIZ
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2013
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Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1078
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2089&context=theses