A phonological study of some Iraqi Arabic tongue-slips

Abstract EN

Tongue-slips are classified into seven types three of which have a phonological nature.

The latter are : regressive assimilation progressive assimilation and metathesis.

These three types of tongue-slips are available in spoken Iraqi Arabic.

The conclusion of this study show that consonants are more liable to be slipped than vowels and this usually occurs in similar stylistic constituents.

Moreover it is found that sameness may include more one type of tongue-slips.