قضايا صوتية خلافية في ضوء التحليل الصوتي الحاسوبي

Abstract EN

Arabic phonology has emerged as a natural result of the scholars’ interest in the Holy Qur’an, as they set rules for its correct pronunciation and showed the foundations on which the language of the Qur’an is based.

The revelation of the Holy Qur’an was the main motive behind the emergence of Arabic sciences in general and phonology in particular.

In fact, Arabic phonological studies came into existence as a result of the readers’ interest in setting rules for the correct recitation of the Holy Qur’an.

The science of Tajweed (Recitation) is undoubtedly a genuine source of Arabic phonological studies.

This is due to the invaluable achievements made by Tajweed scholars in phonological studies, and not due to numerous writings in this science.

I would even go as far as to claim that what phonologists have achieved so far completes what has been achieved by Arab scholars in the past as well as their preceding Indian scholars.

Arab scholars’ endeavors to study linguistic sounds were among the outstanding achievements in linguistic studies on the basis of which a good number of studies have been established.

However, none of modern Arab philologists has taken interest in Tajweed books which include studies on linguistic sounds.

Such studies are as equally important as other studies in Arabic.

This study deals with a number of phonological issues that raised controversy between old and modern linguists.

It combines both theory and application through reliance on the results of the technical analysis of sounds.

Nonetheless, this study is not unrelated to the endeavors of Arab scholars who made a detailed description of Arabic sounds in order to keep Arabic pronunciation away from any alteration and to preserve the correct and standard pronunciation of the Holy Qur’an.