Abstract
The aim of this paper is to describe the system of vocalic variants in pause pertaining to speakers of Arabic in Kufᵘr-Kanna (AKK) and in this regard to determine the features that characterize the AKK. As in Nazareth, the incidence of pauses in AKK varies and depends on the content, the listener and the speaker’s intentions. In AKK I detected pausal forms in the speech of middle-aged and elderly Muslims and elderly Christians. In addition to changes in consonants and vowel quality in their speech, in pausal position final syllables also undergo other modifications as compared to the contextual forms.
 Unlike in Nazareth, four further types were identified in AKK: (1) lengthening of short vowels in final position: ‑Cv > ‑Cv̄#, -CvC > -Cv̄C#; lengthening of normal and anaptyctic short vowels in final closed syllables: -CvC#; (2) devoicing of voiced consonants in word-final position; (3) glottalization after consonants and vowels in word-final position; and (4) aspiration: addition of (h) in pausal position where the word ends in long vowels.
 Key words: Arabic dialects – Pausal forms – Syllables – Long vowels – Short vowels – Christians and Muslims.
Highlights
Unlike in Nazareth, four further types were identified in Arabic in Kufur-Kanna (AKK): (1) lengthening of short vowels in final position: -Cv > -Cv #, -CvC > -Cv C#; lengthening of normal and anaptyctic short vowels in final closed syllables: -CvC; (2) devoicing of voiced consonants in word-final position; (3) glottalization after consonants and vowels in word-final position; and (4) aspiration: addition of (h) in pausal position where the word ends in long vowels
In Nazareth (ZUBI 2017) pausal forms occur in the speech of middle-aged and elderly Muslims and elderly Maronites: In addition to changes in vowel quality in their speech, in pausal position final syllables undergo other modifications relative the form in normal speech
In Nazareth, in the speech of Muslims and Maronite Christians, words occurring in pausal position may undergo different kinds of change according to syllable type
Summary
Kufur-Kanna is a village in Lower Galilee, about six kilometers northeast of the city center of Nazareth. In the 19th century the Catholic Church was built on the ruins of the ancient 6th century church and a Greek Orthodox church was established in the settlement. 1.2 Kufur-Kanna in Christianity Since the middle ages there is a wooden barrel which has been associated with the biblical account of Jesus changing water into wine at a wedding.. In the War of Independence Kufur-Kanna was the center of Arab gangs that raided Jewish settlements. Their control over the important roads in the heart of Galilee disrupted Jewish transportation and in March 1942, a military unit moved out of Ilaniya on the village. In 1948 after the conquest of Nazareth, Kufur-Kanna surrendered without a battle
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