Syllable Structure in MSA

Syllable Structure in MSA

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  Syllable Phonetically The relationship between howwe produce them & how they sound phonologically The possible combination of English phonemes
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  Syllable Single sound consonat orvowel Onset (one or more consonant preceding the center of the syllable) Coda (end with one or more consonants) Onset & coda consist of a center which has little or no obstruction to airflow and which sounds comparatively loud; before and after it there will be greater obstruction to airflow and/or less loud sounds
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  English Phonetics andPhonology 4th edition Peter Roach syllable Onset C (c) Rhyme Nucleus V (v) Coda C (c)
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  Syllable structure inMSA Syllable: 1.Must contain a vowel 2. May contain a consonant and may not Types: (cv) kᴂ/tᴂ/bᴂ cv/cv/cv ‫كتب‬ Light (cvv/cv:) qɑ:/mɑ: cvv/cvv ‫قاما‬ Heavy (cvc) mᴂk/tᴂb cvc/cvc ‫مكتب‬ Heavy (cvvc/cv:c) sᴂ:d cvvc ‫ساد‬ Super-heavy (cvcc) ʔᴂdd cvcc ‫عدد‬ Super-heavy Prominence in Arabic  long syllable
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  ‫مقاطع‬ ‫الى‬ ‫الكلمة‬‫تقسيم‬ ‫معايير‬ 1.‫المقطع‬ ‫في‬ ‫صائت‬ ‫وجود‬ ‫من‬ ‫البد‬ 2.‫واحد‬ ‫بصامت‬ ‫يبدأ‬ ‫المقع‬ 3.‫مفتوح‬ ‫المقطع‬ ‫يكون‬ ‫ان‬ ‫يمكن‬‫بصائت‬ ‫ينتهي‬ = 4.‫يمكن‬‫ي‬ ‫ان‬‫كون‬‫بصامت‬ ‫ينتهي‬ = ‫مغلق‬ ‫المقطع‬ ‫مالحظات‬ 1.‫مستقل‬ ‫مقطع‬ ‫يكون‬ ‫فانه‬ ‫حرك‬ ‫اذا‬ ‫اما‬ ،‫يسبقه‬ ‫الذي‬ ‫المقطع‬ ‫يتبع‬ ‫الساكن‬ ‫الحرف‬ kᴂ/tᴂbkᴂ/tᴂ/bᴂ 2.)‫متحرك‬ ‫الثاني‬ ‫و‬ ‫ساكن‬ ‫(االول‬ ‫صوتين‬ ‫من‬ ‫يتكون‬ ‫المضعف‬ ‫الصوت‬ ‫اد‬ّ‫د‬‫ع‬ʕᴂd/dᴂ:d cvc/cvvc ‫العربية‬ ‫الصوتيات‬–‫الغامدي‬ ‫منصور‬
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  The most frequent/bi/ in/at1-(cv) /ma:/  what2-(cvv) /min/  from3-(cvc) The most occurred syllables Occurs without restrictions (initially, medially, finally) *(cvv)  (cvc) before hamzet alwasl in connected speech /fi: ʔal kita:b/  /fil kita:b/ /dars/  lesson4-(cvcc) /ba:b/  door5-(cvvc) Occur finally in pause forms 5 occurs rarely in the medial position
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  Syllable structure incolloquial Arabic Short syllables Occurs anywhere(cv) (cvc) Long syllables Pre-finally & limited in final position (cvv) Occur only in the final position(cvvc) (cvcc) Words in Arabic have only one long syllable Examples: ‫فاهم‬`fa:/him Cvv/cvc ‫أشك‬a/`ʃukkʔ cv/cvvc ‫كتبوه‬Ka/ta/`bu:h Cv/cv/cvvc
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  Notes MSA vowels ‫الفتحة‬–‫الضمة‬–‫الكسرة‬ 1- Sonorant 2- Voiced  no obstruction or constrictions Quality of the vowel depends on the tongue position There is no diphthongs 1. We consider /aj/ & /aw/ as diphthongs in MSA 2. In colloquial Arabic it becomes /e:/ & /o:/ In colloquial Arabic longs vowel in the end of the word become a short one (/ʕᴂjzᴂ:hᴂ://ʕᴂjzᴂ:hᴂ/) ‫عيزاها‬