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Volume 17:1 January 2017
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Phonological Processes in Yemeni Arabic:
A Case Study of Amrani Yemeni Arabic

Saif Mohammed Bareq & Dr. C. S. Swathi

Abstract

Amrani Yemeni Arabic is a dialect of Yemeni- Modern standard Arabic(Y-MSA). It is a spoken and non-literary variety and is spoken in the city of Amran and some other districts in Amran governorate. Amrani Yemeni Arabic is used in social contexts while Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is used as the official language used in institutions, literature, social media and press.

This research aims to investigate the phonological processes exhibited in the speech of Amrani Yemeni Arabic (AYA) speaking child. A single case study design using a three year old child was conducted to note the development of phonological system of her mother tongue and what phonological processes were involved if any. The data was collected using spontaneous speech.

The results of the current study showed that some phonemes were acquired while some were in the process. Most often the sounds tend to appear firstly in word-initial positions. They also showed that the child was using simplified forms commonly for the uvulars /?/ and /?/ and the trill /r/ being substituted with /?/, /?/ and /l/ respectively. Though there were some universal phenomenon regarding language acquisition, the findings showed that the stages and sequence of phonemic acquisition were to a large extent child-specific.

Key words: Amrani Yemeni Arabic, phonological processes

1. Introduction

The acquisition of language “is doubtless the greatest intellectual feat any one of us is ever required to perform.” (Bloomfield, 1933).

Broadly speaking, the acquisition of language is the spontaneous, unconscious, uncontrolled and unmanaged process whereby a child acquires his mother-tongue, it is usually referred to as first language acquisition. Language acquisition involves the development of child language and is divided into a number of stages that are defined chronologically which may more or less differ from one language to another. Therefore, language acquisition is a universal property of all languages, in the sense that each and every language is acquired by its native speakers, but the order of acquisition may differ to some extent.

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Saif Mohammed Bareq, M.A. Linguistics, Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of English
Dr. B.A.M.University
Aurangabad 431004
Maharashtra
India
saifbareq@auye.a

Dr. C. S. Swathi
Department of Linguistics
Osmania University
Hyderabad 500007
Telangana
India
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