THE FORMATION OF QUADRILITERAL VERBS
IN KUWAITI ARABIC DIALECTS
THE FORMATION OF QUADRILITERAL VERBS
IN KUWAITI ARABIC DIALECTS
Author(s): Yousuf B. AlbaderSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: lexical semantics; quadriliteral verbs; reduplicative verbs; lexical borrowing; Kuwaiti Arabic;
Summary/Abstract: This study provides the first extensive examination of quadriliteral verbs in Kuwaiti Arabic dialects. To date, there has been little discussion about their morphological construction, classification, and semantic features; no comprehensive presentation has yet been published of these features despite their frequent occurrence in the dialect. The purpose of this study is to, first, highlight the flexibility of the verb root system in the dialect and, second, to explore the colorful senses that the verbs under investigation carry. The data were mostly gathered in Kuwait between 2012 and 2020, and from local published material on the dialects of Kuwait. One interesting finding is that the dialect has a reservoir of more than 250 quadriliterals based on various templates, with Old Arabic, as well as Persian, Turkish, French, and English origins.
Journal: Romano-Arabica
- Issue Year: XXI/2022
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 187-206
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English, Arabic
