Arabic-L:LING:Lateral Fricatives in Modern Arabic

[Dilworth Parkinson]

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-
Arabic-L: Thu 22 Apr  2004
Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu>
[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu]
[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to
listserv at byu.edu with first line reading:
            unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]

-------------------------Directory------------------------------------

1) Subject:Lateral Fricatives in Modern Arabic

-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
1)
Date: 22 Apr  2004
From:Rnorm25 at aol.com
Subject:Lateral Fricatives in Modern Arabic

Marhabah wa Salaam,

  I had posted a question on Arabic-L and the Linguist list about the  
possibility of a lateral fricative reflex of Dhaad existing in any of  
the modern Arabic dialects.  My question can be found at this site:

http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-492.html

  I recently found this article:

http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-925759-0.pdf

  This article states that Rabin and others maintained that the lateral  
articulation continued in certain dialects in Yemen and also that  
certain reciters of the Quran maintained this articulation.

  I also found this recording of the last two words of al-fatihah on a  
tajweed website:

http://www.abouttajweed.com/tafkheem_and_tarqeeq2.htm

  The more I listen to the recording (tafkheem of dhaad) the more it  
sounds like a lateral fricative to me.  

  Please listen to the recording and give me your opinion on all of the  
above.

  Alf Shukr Lakum

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
--
End of Arabic-L:  22 Apr  2004