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Inflectional regularity in modern standard Arabic broken plural nouns
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Source
Issue
Vol. 5, Issue 9 (30 Apr. 2018), pp.1-36, 36 p.
Publisher
Al-Qalam University for Humanities and Applied Sciences
Publication Date
2018-04-30
Country of Publication
Yemen
No. of Pages
36
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
This study aims to investigate the inflectional regularity in Modern Standard Arabic broken plural nouns because Arabic broken plurals have recently attracted the attention of many linguists.
It is based on data qualitatively collected from English and Arabic materials on Arabic broken plurals, reference dictionaries and supplemented by data obtained from native speakers’ competence.
Inflectional regularity refers to the use of the rules of a language to form new forms of a lexeme used in a grammatical context.
In Arabic plural nouns, semantic regularity is the norm even where forms differ.
The Arabic plural nouns are morphologically classified into two types: sound plurals formed by the addition of affixes and broken plurals formed by modifying the stem.
It has been observed that Arabic broken plurals show a large number of variation in forms because of stem changes.
However, these changes are not random or arbitrary.
They are regular and productive.
This result processes lines to further research on regularity in Arabic broken plurals and the relationship between phonology and morphology in forming broken plurals.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Shawafi, Nadiyah Ali. 2018. Inflectional regularity in modern standard Arabic broken plural nouns. Al-Qalam Journal،Vol. 5, no. 9, pp.1-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-952819
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shawafi, Nadiyah Ali. Inflectional regularity in modern standard Arabic broken plural nouns. Al-Qalam Journal Vol. 5, no. 9 (Jan. / Apr. 2018), pp.1-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-952819
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Shawafi, Nadiyah Ali. Inflectional regularity in modern standard Arabic broken plural nouns. Al-Qalam Journal. 2018. Vol. 5, no. 9, pp.1-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-952819
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 32-36
Record ID
BIM-952819