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Dr. Muhammad Swaileh A. Alzaidi

Associate Professor

Advisor to the Vice President for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research – Director of the Research Center, College of Language Sciences – Faculty Member, Department of English

College of Language Sciences
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publication
Journal Article
2023

Analysis and computational modelling of Emirati Arabic intonation – A preliminary study

Publication Work Type
بحث
Publishing City
Journal of Phonetics
Volume Number
98
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Experimental studies show that the prosodic realization of focus varies across Arabic dialects. This study examines focus in Bedouin Hijazi Arabic. Using the question-and-answer paradigm, eleven…

2026
Published in:
Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literatures
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This study investigates focus intonation in Qassimi Arabic (QA) with two aims: to examine focus-related prosodic changes in the focused word and surrounding regions, and to identify the functional…

2026
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This study investigates how both information and contrastive focus in the Iraq Arabic dialect are prosodically realized, contributing to the ongoing debate on focus-marking across languages and…

2025