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Understanding the Phonotactics and Coda Clusters by Different Jordanian Speakers
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Hana Asaad Daana; Maisa Sadi Jaber; Sereen Jubran – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study aims to explore and tackle different phenomena of syllable structure and syllabification patterns in Jordanian Arabic (JA). The study compares and contrasts the permissible syllable structures in different Jordanian dialects. It also presents a comprehensive analysis of how speakers of different Jordanian dialects tackle the consonantal…
Descriptors: Phonology, Arabic, Language Variation, Foreign Countries
Testing for Proficiency Effects and Crosslinguistic Influence in L2 Processing: Filler-Gap Dependencies in L2 English by Jordanian-Arabic and Mandarin Speakers
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Alaa Al-Maani; Shayne Sloggett; Nino Grillo; Heather Marsden – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
This study expands on previous research into filler-gap dependency processing in second language (L2) English, by means of a replication of Canales's (2012) self-paced reading study. Canales, among others, found that advanced L2-English speakers exhibited the same processing behavior that Stowe (1986) found for native English processing: On…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Processing
A Proposed Model of Optimality Theory for Jordanian Arabic Broken Plurals
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Sakarna, Ahmad Khalaf – English Language Teaching, 2013
One of the most challenging, but rather interesting, topics in the literature of Arabic phonology and morphology is the broken plurals (BP). The most widely acceptable account of Arabic BP, as far as I know, is McCarthy (1982) within the framework of Autosegmental Phonology. This paper presents and discusses the model of McCarthy (1982) and shows…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory, Foreign Countries
Agrammatism in Jordanian-Arabic Speakers
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Albustanji, Yusuf M.; Milman, Lisa H.; Fox, Robert A.; Bourgeois, Michelle S. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2013
The studies of agrammatism show that not all morpho-syntactic elements are impaired to the same degree and that some of this variation may be due to language-specific differences. This study investigated the production of morpho-syntactic elements in 15 Jordanian-Arabic (JA) speaking individuals with agrammatism and 15 age-matched neurologically…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semitic Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar
The Interaction of Indirect Evidentiality, Temporality and Epistemic Modality in Jordanian Arabic: The Case of Deverbal Agentives
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Al-Malahmeh, Mohammed – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Evidentiality is commonly concerned with two basic notions: evidence type and the speaker's commitment towards the truth of the proposition expressed (Chafe and Nichols 1986). Throughout a detailed study of the morphosyntax and semantics of deverbal agentives (DAs), this dissertation investigates indirect evidentiality and its interaction with two…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Variation, Foreign Countries, Semantics
The Licensing of Negative Sensitive Items in Jordanian Arabic
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Alsarayreh, Atef – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study investigates the licensing conditions on Negative Sensitive Items (NSIs) in Jordanian Arabic (JA). JA exhibits both types of NSIs that are discussed in the literature: Negative Polarity Items (NPIs) and Negative Concord Items (NCIs). Although these two sets of items seem to form a natural class in the sense that they show certain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Phrase Structure, Semantics