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A functional analysis of the particle ṛā- in the Arabic dialect of Tunis
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DOI https://doi.org/10.13173/zeitarabling.70.0044
All Maghrebi dialects of Arabic make use of a number of discourse particles. Most common is the particle
Based on the analysis of a Tunisian corpus consisting mainly of conversations rather than narratives, we found that this particle is almost twice as frequent as in comparable data from Morocco. In this study, we present an overview of the most important formal settings of the particle's possible environment and positions in an utterance. The introductory section is followed by an in-depth analysis of the particle's functions in which we discuss the most striking differences between the usage of “inflected” forms, which bear pronominal suffixes, and the invariable form
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