Effects of Gender on Emphasis Production in Jordanian Arabic: A Socio-Phonetic Study

Ibrahim Eshlash Odeh Almomany

This article investigates the effects of gender on two emphatic sounds, namely [sˤ] and [tˤ], in Ajlouni-Jordanian Arabic, a sub-dialect of Rural Jordanian Arabic. The study was mainly motivated by the relatively small literature on the bearing(s) of gender on emphasis production in Jordanian Arabic ...