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SUMMARY:Amanda Eads (Penn State) - An Articulatory Investigation of Arabic Empha
	tics and Gutturals Using Ultrasound
DESCRIPTION:\nAn Articulatory Investigation of Arabic Emphatics and Gutt
	urals Using Ultrasound\n\nThis study investigates the articulation of Ar
	abic emphatics and gutturals among fifteen second language students\, fi
	ve heritage students\, and five native Lebanese Arabic speakers. The sec
	ond language and heritage students were enrolled in various levels of Ar
	abic instruction at a major university in the American South. The motiva
	tion for this study stems from two key issues: the small amount of liter
	ature discussing phonological acquisition of Arabic among adult second l
	anguage learners and the need for more technical articulatory feedback t
	o address students’ pronunciation errors (Ryding 2013). Many of the stud
	ent participants struggle with the Arabic emphatic and guttural phones. 
	For several participants these sounds were extremely challenging\, and p
	articipants were not able to differentiate between their articulations o
	f these phones. This coincides with Odisho’s claim (2005) that Arabic em
	phatics and gutturals are most difficult for beginning English L1 studen
	ts because these are unfamiliar sounds. There are three categories of Ar
	abic gutturals: glottals\, pharyngeals\, and uvulars\, as discussed by A
	l Solami (2013). Arabic has four emphatics that add a secondary articula
	tion to /s d t ð/. However\, there is debate concerning whether the arti
	culation of gutturals and the secondary articulation of emphatics involv
	es the retraction of the tongue body or the tongue root (Ali and Danilof
	f 1972\, Ghazeli 1977\, Al Solami 2017). Therefore\, this ultrasound stu
	dy provides a detailed analysis concerning how L2 Arabic students are ar
	ticulating these phones\, at what level students are typically able to d
	ifferentiate their articulation of the target phones\, and in what order
	 this occurs. Furthermore\, examining native Arabic speakers compared to
	 the literature and the student participants\, contributes to the litera
	ture debate and provides insight into the student participants' articula
	tory struggles.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/ama
	nda-eads-penn-state-an-articulatory-investigation-of-arabic-emphatics-an
	d-gutturals-using-ultrasound/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p>An Articulatory
	 Investigation of Arabic Emphatics and Gutturals Using Ultrasound</p><p>
	This study investigates the articulation of Arabic emphatics and guttura
	ls among fifteen second language students, five heritage students, and f
	ive native Lebanese Arabic speakers. The second language and heritage st
	udents were enrolled in various levels of Arabic instruction at a major 
	university in the American South. The motivation for this study stems fr
	om two key issues: the small amount of literature discussing phonologica
	l acquisition of Arabic among adult second language learners and the nee
	d for more technical articulatory feedback to address students’ pronunci
	ation errors (Ryding 2013). Many of the student participants struggle wi
	th the Arabic emphatic and guttural phones. For several participants the
	se sounds were extremely challenging, and participants were not able to 
	differentiate between their articulations of these phones. This coincide
	s with Odisho’s claim (2005) that Arabic emphatics and gutturals are mos
	t difficult for beginning English L1 students because these are unfamili
	ar sounds. There are three categories of Arabic gutturals: glottals, pha
	ryngeals, and uvulars, as discussed by Al Solami (2013). Arabic has four
	 emphatics that add a secondary articulation to /s d t ð/. However, ther
	e is debate concerning whether the articulation of gutturals and the sec
	ondary articulation of emphatics involves the retraction of the tongue b
	ody or the tongue root (Ali and Daniloff 1972, Ghazeli 1977, Al Solami 2
	017). Therefore, this ultrasound study provides a detailed analysis conc
	erning how L2 Arabic students are articulating these phones, at what lev
	el students are typically able to differentiate their articulation of th
	e target phones, and in what order this occurs. Furthermore, examining n
	ative Arabic speakers compared to the literature and the student partici
	pants, contributes to the literature debate and provides insight into th
	e student participants' articulatory struggles.</p><p>For more details: 
	<a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/amanda-eads-penn-state-an-artic
	ulatory-investigation-of-arabic-emphatics-and-gutturals-using-ultrasound
	/'>https://events.la.psu.edu/event/amanda-eads-penn-state-an-articulator
	y-investigation-of-arabic-emphatics-and-gutturals-using-ultrasound/</a><
	/p></body></html>
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