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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).24      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).24      Published : Jun 2

Nasalization in the Urdu Language: Assimilation and Gemination Patterns of Words Having /n/ Phoneme

Abstract

    This study aims to explore the assimilation and germination phenomenon of words having "/n/". The auto segment-al Theory of (Goldsmith,1976) is used as a theoretical framework. (Alkumet, 2020) have elaborated‘Auto segment-al theory that phonetics presentation is an aggregation of supra-segment-al parts of speech, which have some initial problem of how the multiple levels of sequences can be related or linked. This research shows that "/n/" in words having "/n/" and "/b/" combination at the word middle level tend to assimilate into "/m/", but the combination remains intact at word initial and final level and germination of "/n/" is speaker-dependent. Celata, Calamai, Ricci, and Bertini (2013) have manifested the role of style and placement of phoneme in a word is crucial for a sound to get assimilated. It has been elucidated that groups of people sharing the same cultural schema and level of education tend to speak differently.

    Nasalization, Assimilation, Gemination, Phoneme, Nasal Sound

    (1) Anam Shahid
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, University of Narowal, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Taiyyiba Bibi
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, University of Narowal, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Mubashir Iqbal
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Narowal, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Shahid, A., Bibi, T., & Iqbal, M. (2022). Nasalization in the Urdu Language: Assimilation and Gemination Patterns of Words Having /n/ Phoneme. Global Social Sciences Review, VII(II), 236-243. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).24

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Shahid, Anam, Taiyyiba Bibi, and Mubashir Iqbal. 2022. "Nasalization in the Urdu Language: Assimilation and Gemination Patterns of Words Having /n/ Phoneme." Global Social Sciences Review, VII (II): 236-243 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).24

HARVARD

    HARVARD : SHAHID, A., BIBI, T. & IQBAL, M. 2022. Nasalization in the Urdu Language: Assimilation and Gemination Patterns of Words Having /n/ Phoneme. Global Social Sciences Review, VII, 236-243.

MHRA

    MHRA : Shahid, Anam, Taiyyiba Bibi, and Mubashir Iqbal. 2022. "Nasalization in the Urdu Language: Assimilation and Gemination Patterns of Words Having /n/ Phoneme." Global Social Sciences Review, VII: 236-243

MLA

    MLA : Shahid, Anam, Taiyyiba Bibi, and Mubashir Iqbal. "Nasalization in the Urdu Language: Assimilation and Gemination Patterns of Words Having /n/ Phoneme." Global Social Sciences Review, VII.II (2022): 236-243 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Shahid, Anam, Bibi, Taiyyiba, and Iqbal, Mubashir (2022), "Nasalization in the Urdu Language: Assimilation and Gemination Patterns of Words Having /n/ Phoneme", Global Social Sciences Review, VII (II), 236-243

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Shahid, Anam, Taiyyiba Bibi, and Mubashir Iqbal. "Nasalization in the Urdu Language: Assimilation and Gemination Patterns of Words Having /n/ Phoneme." Global Social Sciences Review VII, no. II (2022): 236-243. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).24