Abstract
The study examines the clitic [-ki] as it occurs in the second person feminine singular object/ possessive pronoun suffix of stem final consonants in the speech of Saudis of Arabic Najdi dialect. The phonetic realization of this morphosyntactic marker in post-consonantal position as [-ki] does not accord with Najdi dialect nor with the supralocal variant. The analysis of the clitic [-ki] in Najdi Arabic is based on the occurrence of the form in the informal speech of young Saudi women and men in three peer groups in naturally occurring settings. The data reveals that subjects alternated between the realization of the post-consonantal second person feminine clitic as [-ki] and the vernacular form [-iʦ], whilst apparently resisting supralocalization pressures and diverging from supralocal norms. Men appeared to be the leaders in this direction of change. The research aims to stimulate further empirical investigation into the effects of morphophonemic divergence on sociolinguistic variation and language change as well as contributing to the area of language and gender.
Highlights
Najdi dialect nor with the supralocal variant
The analysis vernacular conventions of Najdi dialect nor to the of the clitic [-ki] in Najdi Arabic is based on the occurrence community-wide pronunciation, it may well provide of the form in the informal speech of young Saudi women evidence of morphophonemic divergence from supralocal and men in three peer groups in naturally occurring settings. vernacular norms
The research aims to variability of the 2 F.SG. object/ possessive pronoun suffix, stimulate further empirical investigation into the effects of in stem final position in the face-to-face morphophonemic divergence on sociolinguistic variation interactions of young Najdi women and men in natural and language change as well as contributing to the area of settings
Summary
Najdi dialect nor with the supralocal variant. The analysis vernacular conventions of Najdi dialect nor to the of the clitic [-ki] in Najdi Arabic is based on the occurrence community-wide pronunciation, it may well provide of the form in the informal speech of young Saudi women evidence of morphophonemic divergence from supralocal and men in three peer groups in naturally occurring settings. vernacular norms. The analysis vernacular conventions of Najdi dialect nor to the of the clitic [-ki] in Najdi Arabic is based on the occurrence community-wide pronunciation, it may well provide of the form in the informal speech of young Saudi women evidence of morphophonemic divergence from supralocal and men in three peer groups in naturally occurring settings. Clitic as [-ki] and the vernacular form [-iʦ], whilst may signal linguistic change in progress within the Najdi apparently resisting supralocalization pressures and dialect community. Object/ possessive pronoun suffix, stimulate further empirical investigation into the effects of in stem final position in the face-to-face morphophonemic divergence on sociolinguistic variation interactions of young Najdi women and men in natural and language change as well as contributing to the area of settings.
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