The Development of and Accommodation in Gulf Pidgin Arabic: Verbal and Pronominal Form Selection
[Thesis]
Wafi Fhaid B. Alshammari
Clements, J. Clancy
Indiana University
2018
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Committee members: Al-Ani, Salman; Auger, Julie; Clements, J. Clancy; Davis, Stuart
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-94749-6
Ph.D.
Linguistics
Indiana University
2018
Gulf Pidgin Arabic (GPA) is a newly-emerging pidgin in Arab-Gulf countries, spoken among foreign workers (FWs) with diverse linguistic backgrounds (e.g., Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Malayalam, etc.) and between FWs and native Saudi Arabic speakers (Ss). The target offered by Ss is a reduced version of their spoken variety (foreigner talk), which includes reduction of input and regularization of some structural patterns. Under the "feature pool" model (Mufwene, 2001) and "mutual linguistic accommodation" theory (Thomason & Kaufman, 1988), this dissertation examines verb and pronoun forms selection in GPA through the lenses of frequency, detectability, markedness, substratal influence, accommodation, and foreigner talk.
Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Syllable structure; Nouns; Language diversity; Hindi language; Bengali; Negotiation; Verbs; Malayalam; Morphology; Pidgins; Markedness; Iranian languages; Arabic language; Native nonnative speaker communication; Pronouns; Urdu language; Verbal nouns; Linguistic accommodation; Morphemes; Word meaning; Tense; Theoretical linguistics
Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Accommodation;Cognitive-functional and sociolinguistic approaches;Form selection;Gulf Pidgin Arabic;Verbal and pronominal form selection