Some Segmental Features of American English and Upper-Egyptian Arabic: A Study in Contrastive Phonology | ||||
| المجلة العلمیة لکلیة الآداب-جامعة أسیوط | ||||
| Article 18, Volume 26, Issue 77, January 2021, Page 495-530 PDF (907.27 K) | ||||
| Document Type: بحوث علمية محکمة | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/aakj.2021.286276 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Sara Moustafa Mahmoud | ||||
| Faculty of Arts, Assiut University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The term 'segment' is usually used in phonology to refer to the smallest perceptible unit. The main objective of this study is toprovide a phonological analysis of some of the segmental features of American English and Upper-Egyptian Arabic. The segmental aspect includes features related to single phonemes, such as duration (vowel and consonant length), vowel harmony and phonemic features, as well as aspects of connected speech, such as assimilation, epenthesis, elision and metathesis. The study revealed that American English and Upper-Egyptian Arabic show a great deal of similarity in relation to assimilation and elision but show more discrepancy in relation to epenthesis and metathesis. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| segment; assimilation; elision; epenthesis; metathesis; Generative Phonology; Distinctive Features theory; Principle of least effort; American English and Upper-Egyptian Arabi | ||||
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