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Alosh (1997) sums up the problem, saying: Needless to say, neither the single-variety approach, nor the colloquial c-based alternative approach, nor the MSA-based approach, nor the separate sequence approach provides a viable alternative to the present linguistic situation. What is needed is an approach that addresses sociolinguistic appropriateness, as reflected by the linguistic behavior 46 chapter three of the educated native speaker, while also being sensitive to academic needs and objectives that emphasize the importance of reading MSA” (Alosh 1997: 103).

This in turn is based on the assumption that there is a single entity that is the Arabic language which has well defined phonological, morphological and syntactic properties. This assumption rests on the proposal that all three main varieties of Arabic, Classical Arabic (CA), the colloquials and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), have a common core or an inter-Arabic grammar that this chapter seeks to identify and define. As a first step in this line of research, we begin with defining the core grammar of Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic.

III. g. Mitchell (1956) and Omar (1973), follow the traditional analysis of Arabic phonology by adding four other consonantal segments (D, T, Z, and S) as phonemes that are integral to the sound system of ECA. All four ECA segments are said to be emphatic Two more Voiceless Voiced Voiceless Voiced Trill Lateral Nasal Fricative Liquid w m f b r l n s z t d [R] [L] (S) (Z) (T) (D) Dento-Alveolar NonEmphatic emphatic Segments in ( ) are subject to debate. Segments in [ ] are marginal. Semivowel Sibilant Voiceless Voiced Stop Manner of Articulation Labial y PalatoAlveolar and Palatal k g Velar Place of Articulation Table 1.

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