Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 PH.D. student of linguistics. Alzahra university
2 Department,, of Linguistics, Faculty of Literature & humanities, Birjand university, Birjand, Iran.
Abstract
In this study, the words order of the Arabic dialect of Arabkhaneh in South Khorasan has been investigated from typological point of view. Arabkhaneh is a region consisting of several villages, 90 kilometers south of the center of South Khorasan, which in its mixed Arabic-Persian dialect has been greatly influenced by the surrounding Persian language at all levels (morphological, syntactic, phonological features). In this research modeled on “The Word Order Correlations” (Dryer, 1992) and Typology of Iranian Language (Dabir Moghadam, 1402) were chosen as the frameworks to investigate word order of Arabkhaneh's dialect. In the present study, the question that occupied the minds of researchers was: In which linguistic components has the Arabkhaneh dialect deviated from standard Arabic typological patterns, and in which components has it converged with Persian linguistic typological patterns? In this research, in addition to using the questionnaire, interviews were conducted with 10 native speakers of Arabkhaneh who were illiterate (5 men and 5 women) and over 60 years old. After gathering the data, plenty of time was spent on IPA transcription and analysis of data. Upon examining the data, typological behavior of the Arabkhaneh dialect demonstrated that it has diverged from standard Arabic patterns in certain components while in other components, the criterion has been aligned with Persian. Furthermore, in components where standard Arabic accommodates two types of linguistic behavior, the Arabkhaneh dialect has accepted a common form with Persian standards and has shown no inclination toward the use of the second type.
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