Hamzat al wasel : The potentiality and the problems in arabic syllable structure

Abstract EN

This paper tries to study the traditional syllable types that are posited by the earlier Arab scholars side by side, makes an attempt to answer the question: "Are there any other syllable types in Arabic other than these types?" The aim of this paper is to identify the potentiality of the Arabic syllable structures, which are sanctioned by the language and which arise because of the influence of ham at al weasel.

The researcher first identifies ham at al weasel as a vowel and then goes on to posit seven possible syllable types more in Arabic.

These new types are considered a long with the existing ones.

Ultimately, they are all collapsed into a mathematically single rule as follows: (v) (c) CV (v) (c) ².

This rule has the advantage of making child language acquisition easy and natural.