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Prosodic Correlates and Pragmatic Functions of the Particle [pharyngealized t]ayb in Spoken Saudi Arabic

The journal of language and linguistic studies, 2021, Vol.17 (4), p.1932 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1305-578X ;EISSN: 1305-578X

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  • Title:
    Prosodic Correlates and Pragmatic Functions of the Particle [pharyngealized t]ayb in Spoken Saudi Arabic
  • Author: Aljutaily, Mohammad
  • Subjects: Dialects ; Foreign Countries ; Form Classes (Languages) ; Intonation ; Language Usage ; Oral Language ; Pragmatics ; Semantics ; Semitic Languages ; Suprasegmentals
  • Is Part Of: The journal of language and linguistic studies, 2021, Vol.17 (4), p.1932
  • Description: This study describes the prosodic and functional patterns of the particle "t?ayb[superscript 2]" in Spoken Saudi Arabic (SSA; the variety of Arabic spoken in Saudi Arabia) through phonetic and conversational analysis. This particle, literally meaning "good/well/okay," is one of the most common spoken particles used in SSA. Data were collected by recording four hours of oral spontaneous speech produced by five Saudi speakers. The findings reveal that, structurally, the particle "t?ayb" can occur independently before questions and before negative and affirmative statements. Moreover, its meaning depends on its context and, sometimes, prosody. The particle is identified 109 times in the corpus, and consistently occupies an initial (i.e., turn-initial) but not a medial or final position. The results provide the pragmatic functions and the prosody of the particle "t?ayb" as well as the participants' use frequency of such functions. "T?ayb" conveys nine pragmatic functions in the data, which are listed in order from the most frequent (i.e., turn-taking marker) to the least frequent use (i.e., request for patience). From a phonetic perspective, the results show different patterns in the production of the particle "t?ayb"; it may show an almost flat contour with medium length, as in the functions representing (turn-taking, change and close topic); a sharp rising/falling contour with medium length, particularly with the functions conveying (reproach and refusal); or a high contour that decreases gradually with long duration, as found in the particle marking "be patient or showing little/no importance."
  • Publisher: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1305-578X
    EISSN: 1305-578X
  • Source: ERIC Full Text Only (Discovery)
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