A descriptive study of Mosuli Arabic consonants according to distinctive feature theory

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Abstract:The present study describes Mosuli Arabic consonants according to Distinctive Feature Theory.

It tries to describe these consonants one by one according to the following features : Major Class Features which can be divided into Consonantal, Sonorant and Syllabic.

The second one is Laryngeal Features which also can be divided into Voice, Closed Glottis (CG) and Spread Glottis (SG) .

Place Feature is the third class, it has categories which are Labial, Round, Coronal, Anterior and Strident .

The forth class is Dorsal which has High, Back and Low categories.

The final one is Manner class which is divided into Nasal, Continuant, Lateral and Delayed Release.

What is worth mentioning is that we gave many examples in this study and all the consonants in these examples are shown according to distinctive oppositions.

They are arranged according to the positions of consonants, transcribed and translated