Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate some phonological processes found in Al Adwan Dialect (ADW), a Jordanian Arabic d ialect, using the moriac theory. The study also examines syllable structure and syllabification in ADW within the moriac theory framework. The data of the study are collected by recording the speech of 41 native speaker of ADW. The data are transcribed and analyzed in order t o identify and formulate the rules that govern the phonological processes in ADW. The findings of the study identify three phonological processes namely, vowel epenthesis, closed syllable shortening and vowel syncope.
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