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Patterns of repetition in folk song driven by phonology and morphology
Other Title(s)
أنماط التكرار في الأغنية الشعبية المقيدة صوتيا و حرفيا
Joint Authors
al-Shudayfat, Abd Allah T.
al-Mashaqibah, Basil Muhammad
al-Hunayti, Anas
al-Khawlidah, Nisrin
al-Dhunaybat, Baraah
Source
Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 47, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.498-508, 11 p.
Publisher
University of Jordan Deanship of Academic Research (DAR)
Publication Date
2020-06-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Literature
Arabic language and Literature
Abstract EN
This paper investigates patterns of morphological repetition in Arabic demonstrated in folk songs, including suffixes, roots and patterns.
it also analyzes the functions of the reported repetitions, and examines the interaction between morphological repetition and phonological repetition, represented via rhyme.
to supply the data, multiple examples are retrieved from twenty Jordanian folk songs.
a statistical analysis is conducted to obtain a frequency distribution and to calculate the percentage of suffix repetitions on the rhyming lines ; the selected lines are transcribed and translated.
the study proves that folk poetry relies heavily on Arabic morphology, especially suffixation, to illuminate its rhetorical, prosodic and emphatic effects.
the results show that suffix repetition occurs most frequently (34.14%), followed by root repetition (25.85%) and pattern repetition (15.28%).
the percentage of rhyming lines affected by suffix repetition and final word pattern in each hemistich registered (30.46%) and (45%), respectively.
the results confirm that rhyming in folk poetry is not produced haphazardly by the articulation of repeated sounds; instead, it is structured by means of systematic morphological repetition which promotes the theory that repetition is inherently a prosodic device in Arabic.
contrary to the model proposed by shoubi (1951), which introduces repetition as a negative exaggeration and over assertion, this work proves that repetition is a productive strategy at several linguistic levels, provoked to satisfy the immediate requirements of the language in each context.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Mashaqibah, Basil Muhammad& al-Shudayfat, Abd Allah T.& al-Hunayti, Anas& al-Khawlidah, Nisrin& al-Dhunaybat, Baraah. 2020. Patterns of repetition in folk song driven by phonology and morphology. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 47, no. 2, pp.498-508.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1302127
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Mashaqibah, Basil Muhammad…[et al.]. Patterns of repetition in folk song driven by phonology and morphology. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences Vol. 47, no. 2 (Jun. 2020), pp.498-508.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1302127
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Mashaqibah, Basil Muhammad& al-Shudayfat, Abd Allah T.& al-Hunayti, Anas& al-Khawlidah, Nisrin& al-Dhunaybat, Baraah. Patterns of repetition in folk song driven by phonology and morphology. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences. 2020. Vol. 47, no. 2, pp.498-508.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1302127
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Record ID
BIM-1302127