Investigating Jordanian Arabic diminutive forms within the framework of optimality theory

العناوين الأخرى

دراسة أشكال التصغير في اللهجة الأردنية ضمن إطار نظرية التفاضل

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

al-Ayid, Umar Muhammad

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Sakarnah, Ahmad Khalaf

الجامعة

جامعة مؤتة

الكلية

كلية الآداب

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الإنجليزية و آدابها

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2017

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study aims at investigating the diminutive forms of Jordanian Arabic as uesd in Southern Amman in terms of the patterns (templates) and structures which govern the formation of diminutive within the framework of Optimality Theory (OT).

Throughout the analysis of the collected data from the Southern Amman Dialect (SAD) , it is found that the formation of diminutive forms in (SAD) is based on the following patterns, respctively; the first template is [ɪcceɪc→’f‘eɪl] which is used for tri-consonantal root nouns, and the second template is [ɪcceɪcɪc→’f‘eɪ‘ɪl] which is used to form diminutive from Quadriconsonantal root nouns.

The third template is (ɪcceɪcɪ:c→’f‘eɪ‘ῑl) which is used for Quinary-consonantal root nouns or the four consonantal nouns with a long-vowel in the second syllable.

Among the findings of the current study are the patterns (templates) in SAD which are different from the templates that are used in Classical Arabic (CA), and the reason behind the differences is the application of some phonological processes such as addition, deletion and insertion of some segments either vowels, consonants or diphthongs.

When accounting for phonological processes that are involved in the formation of the diminutive in SAD within OT, the study found that those phonological processes are caused by two factors ; the first is the conflict between the constraints that are used in SAD in the present study, and the second is the number of consonants in a given root noun.

التخصصات الرئيسية

اللغات والآداب المقارنة

عدد الصفحات

41

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-1402852