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The phonetic and phonological status of the <i>r</i> -phones in Tunisian Arabic

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natural language processing

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paper
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Jam
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Abstract Some aspects of the participation of the r -phones in the phonetic and phonological systems of Tunisian Arabic are discussed against the background of a brief acquaintance with the situation obtaining in Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic. In contemporary Tunisian Arabic six r -phones occur and the relations of free variation, complementary distribution and phonological opposition between them are examined. The assimilation of the [r] to [l] is touched upon. The situation of r -phones in other Arabic dialects is addressed.

Languages

Arabic, Tunisian Spoken

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