[lg policy] about the definite/indefinite article in Arabic

[mostari hind]

dear all , 
thank you for reading and answering these questions ,  , which are very problematic to me :
 
in Arabic , the indefinite article is  wahed + el : wahedel like : wahedel bab ( a door ) 
however in my data , i found that sometimes the definite article 'el' which is attached to wahed is omitted like in :
andi wahed _ cursus instead  of : wahedel cursus ( here , it is a matter of bare form sisnce the system morpheme ( el) is not present ) 
Boumans ( 1998) refers to this phenomenon to the speakers' hesitation , not quite covincing for me, i wil be grateful if you can help me with your own explanations .
 
2- also, the preposition [l] may be omitted like in :
 ra: ‡ d-discothèque  ((He went  the discotheque
                 )  instead of :   ra: ‡ l d-discothèque ((He went to the discotheque) 
  ( here , also , we can speak about bare form since the outsider system morpheme is absent ) 
 
 
But , here no explanation is provided , is it possible to refer to the respondent's abbreviation in speaking , here again, it seems not really convincing to me .
 
i ma waiying for your answers .
all the best 
Mostari 
Algeria 

 


      
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