A contrastive analysis of Arabic and a contrastive analysis of Arabic and English noun plural markers

Himmah, Aliyatul and Wahyudi, Ribut (2014) A contrastive analysis of Arabic and a contrastive analysis of Arabic and English noun plural markers. Parole: Journal of Linguistics and Education, 4 (2). pp. 72-87. ISSN 2087-345X

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Abstract

This paper is attempting to explore the plural markers in both Arabic and English. The data collected qualitatively are sorted to meet the scope of this paper. Through contrastive analysis, it is discovered that there are numerous significant differences rather than similarities in terms of syllable count start, patterns of plural nouns in relation to gender, regularity, regular vs irregular plural and internal vowel change. Moreover, Arabic has some uniqueness in its plural marking system. Being well informed on all of these might pave the way for second or foreign language learners to comprehensively understand the plural marking system in Arabic and English.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Arabic; English; plural marker; suffix
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2003 Language Studies > 200302 English Language 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) > 20040802 Morphology 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200409 Arabic Linguistics > 20040902 'Ilmu al-Sharf (Arabic Morphology)
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of English Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Ribut Wahyudi
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2020 14:29

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