The Linguistic Status of the Modern Jordanian Dialects.

Discusses the linguistic status of the modern Jordanian dialects from a linguist's perspective and examines the hypotheses which assume the association of certain Jordanian dialects with high linguistic status. Information on the competing linguistic forces in the Jordanian cities according to H. A...

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Publicado en:Arabica Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 522 - 544
Autor principal: Sakarna, Ahmad Khalaf
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers oct2005
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Sumario:Discusses the linguistic status of the modern Jordanian dialects from a linguist's perspective and examines the hypotheses which assume the association of certain Jordanian dialects with high linguistic status. Information on the competing linguistic forces in the Jordanian cities according to H. Abd-el-Jawad; Rural origin of the clarity of articulation based on the study "Aspects of Comparative Jordanian and Modern Standard Arabic Phonology," by Al-Sughayer; Analytical comparison of the urban and rural hypotheses.