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ROA 784-1105

Etymological itineraries in second language phonology: the case of Arabic

Youssef Haddad <yah at ufl.edu>

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Abstract:
This paper shows that students who learn Modern Standard
Arabic before a dialect take 'an etymological trip' in learning
the phonology of the dialect in question. The paper also
discusses instructional implications related to the teaching
of foreign languages in general and Arabic in particular,
arguing that learners should be exposed to dialects early on.

Comments: Presented in the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2005 at Teachers College, Colombia
Keywords: Optimality Theory, Optimal Paradigm Theory, Etymology, Dialects, Biased Constraint Demotion, Learnability, Classroom Instruction
Areas: Phonology, Learnability, Language Acquisition
Type: Manuscript

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