An articulatory phonological analysis of vowel phonology in spoken MSA

dc.contributor.advisorNiedzielski, Nancyen_US
dc.creatorThesieres, Hollyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:47:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:47:31Zen_US
dc.date.issued2002en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an examination of the regional dialectal influence of colloquial varieties of Arabic on the allophony of vowels in Modern Standard Arabic. It is an expansion of research done by Al-Ani (1970), who claims that speakers' native, colloquial dialect of Arabic has an influence upon the realization of phonological patterns in standardized MSA, and that these influences can be seen to differ in small but noticeable and structured ways. This thesis lends support to Al-Ani's research on Iraqi Arabic by examining the dialects spoken in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. Analysis of the data obtained was conducted under the methodology of Articulatory Phonology (Browman & Goldstein, 1992), a theory of phonology which examines phonological patterns in terms of articulatory gestures. This thesis shows that Articulatory Phonology is a successful method of analysis, that not only describes phonological patterning, but explains it in light of articulatory gestures.en_US
dc.format.extent80 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS LING. 2002 THESIERESen_US
dc.identifier.citationThesieres, Holly. "An articulatory phonological analysis of vowel phonology in spoken MSA." (2002) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17555">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17555</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17555en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.titleAn articulatory phonological analysis of vowel phonology in spoken MSAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentLinguisticsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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