Papers by Shadiya Al Hashmi
Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle, 2011
In Modern Standard Arabic (MSA, henceforth) the complementizer law (if) has a very specific seman... more In Modern Standard Arabic (MSA, henceforth) the complementizer law (if) has a very specific semantic r function: conditionality. Awad (1995, p.16) maintains, ''the choice of a complementizer is largely predictable from r and triggered by the matrix verb". This is indirectly compatible with Chomsky's (1992) specification of verbs' r encoding the features of agreement and tense. However, it seems that law is actually a sentential complementizer ,whose selection depends on the sentence as a whole as law triggers the presence of another complementizer-lar which, as a matter of fact, also requires the presence of law only when la is preposed with its focus phrase to the
The Phonetics and Phonology of Arabic Loanwords in Turkish: residual effects of gutturals, 2016
The adaptation of Arabic loanwords into Turkish is taken in this work as as a case to reflect on ... more The adaptation of Arabic loanwords into Turkish is taken in this work as as a case to reflect on and contribute to the ongoing debate of loanword phonology of the Perceptual approach (Boersma, 2009; Peperkamp & Dupoux, 2003; Peperkamp et al., 2008; Silverman, 1992), Phonological approach (LaCharité & Paradis, 2005; Paradis, 1995; Paradis & LaCharité, 1997, 2001, 2008; Peperkamp et al., 2008; Silverman, 1992) and a medial hybrid model of both phonetics and phonology (Kenstowicz & Suchato, 2006; Shinohara, 2004; Smith, 2006; Chang, 2008 and Dolus, 2013). The thesis includes two types of data: corpus-based and experimental. The corpus of the Arabic loanwords into Turkish comprises 1118 words from which vowel mappings and residual effects of gutturals on neighbouring vowels were identified. Based on the concept of uniformitarianism (Murray, 2013) present-day sound changes must have been governed by the same principles or laws which operated in the past. Thus, one of the goals of this work is to model the grammar of Osmanlica speakers in the perception of modern day Turkish speakers of the residual effects of vowels neighbouring gutturals. In these effects the Arabic vowels /a/ and /u/ are adapted as /a/ and /u/ in Turkish vowels neighbouring guttural sounds (emphatics, uvulars and pharyngeals); however, the vowel /i/ is borrowed as the back unrounded vowel only surrounding emphatics and the uvular q and as /i/ elsewhere. It was concluded that the corpus data patterns can be best accounted for by using a hybrid model of phonetics, phonology (of both source and native language) and with the effects of orthography. In addition, the role of bilinguals as the active borrowers in the adaptation process is especially corroborated.
International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2019
Teaching English worldwide has proved to be more challenging with the development of technical an... more Teaching English worldwide has proved to be more challenging with the development of technical and advanced science disciplines. Science and technical fields have made strides in introducing new curricula to supply the marketplace with employees and researchers by employing partnerships and modernized courses while some researchers argue that English language curricula maintain the same content and pedagogic practices (Colarusso, 2010; West and William, 2015). Although many English language practitioners have incorporated some cultural topics, they still face resistance from both students and colleagues. Therefore, English language teachers strive to reexamine their curriculum and educational outcomes in order to cope with the vibrant academic as well as global culture, especially in Higher Education sectors. While some English departments and centres have approached changing course materials and sometimes the curriculum itself, more research can help English teachers consider engaging students in designing and developing the curriculum. Many teachers complain about the lack of student engagement and motivation, especially in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC, henceforth) region, and hence this paper aims to encourage more active engagement with Higher Education students in interdisciplinary research. This paper critiques research-based education as discussed by contemporary pedagogic scholars and explores possibilities of engaging students in research and designing the curriculum as part of their higher education process. The paper focusses on research that solves real-world problems as indicated in 21 Century Skills. This research suggests that English teachers can implement constructive education through two research approaches. The first is research to develop the English language curriculum while the second is to involve students in an interdisciplinary research that employs English as a language as well as a knowledge vessel in their field.
Glossary: research-based education, English language classroom, student engagement, interdisciplinary research
Thesis Chapters by Shadiya Al Hashmi
The Phonology of nasal n in the Language of the Holy Qur'an, 2004
Tajweed - the tradition of the Holy Qur'an's recitation - is composed of
about twenty-eight phono... more Tajweed - the tradition of the Holy Qur'an's recitation - is composed of
about twenty-eight phonological patterns, which have an underlying semantic/pragmatic meaning of sacredness. Nasal n assimilation patterns of 'idghaam (gemination with & without nasalization), 'ikhfa' (nasal place assimilation), 'iqlaab (labial place assimilation) and 'iThhaar (zero nasal assimilation) are taken as representative of Tajwid in this work. The central theme of this thesis is two fold. First, the twenty-eight sounds of the language of the Holy Qur'an (LHQ) as used in the four patterns of nasal n assimilation are distributed among the three natural sound classes of sonorants, obstruents and gutturals, the latter of which crosscuts the other two.Second, the realization of the meaning of sacredness in the LHQ is best accounted for by Kurisu's (2001) Realize Morpheme Theory set in Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993). Kurisu's (2001) Realize Morpheme constraint is expanded herein to encompass a variety of meanings; i.e., morphosyntactic and non-morphosyntactic. Like Kurisu (2001), I contend that faith is relativized to the meaning expressed in that each pattern is determined by ranking a particular faithfulness constraint in relation to RM. However, the meaning expressed in the LHQ is non-morphosyntactic.
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Papers by Shadiya Al Hashmi
Glossary: research-based education, English language classroom, student engagement, interdisciplinary research
Thesis Chapters by Shadiya Al Hashmi
about twenty-eight phonological patterns, which have an underlying semantic/pragmatic meaning of sacredness. Nasal n assimilation patterns of 'idghaam (gemination with & without nasalization), 'ikhfa' (nasal place assimilation), 'iqlaab (labial place assimilation) and 'iThhaar (zero nasal assimilation) are taken as representative of Tajwid in this work. The central theme of this thesis is two fold. First, the twenty-eight sounds of the language of the Holy Qur'an (LHQ) as used in the four patterns of nasal n assimilation are distributed among the three natural sound classes of sonorants, obstruents and gutturals, the latter of which crosscuts the other two.Second, the realization of the meaning of sacredness in the LHQ is best accounted for by Kurisu's (2001) Realize Morpheme Theory set in Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993). Kurisu's (2001) Realize Morpheme constraint is expanded herein to encompass a variety of meanings; i.e., morphosyntactic and non-morphosyntactic. Like Kurisu (2001), I contend that faith is relativized to the meaning expressed in that each pattern is determined by ranking a particular faithfulness constraint in relation to RM. However, the meaning expressed in the LHQ is non-morphosyntactic.
Glossary: research-based education, English language classroom, student engagement, interdisciplinary research
about twenty-eight phonological patterns, which have an underlying semantic/pragmatic meaning of sacredness. Nasal n assimilation patterns of 'idghaam (gemination with & without nasalization), 'ikhfa' (nasal place assimilation), 'iqlaab (labial place assimilation) and 'iThhaar (zero nasal assimilation) are taken as representative of Tajwid in this work. The central theme of this thesis is two fold. First, the twenty-eight sounds of the language of the Holy Qur'an (LHQ) as used in the four patterns of nasal n assimilation are distributed among the three natural sound classes of sonorants, obstruents and gutturals, the latter of which crosscuts the other two.Second, the realization of the meaning of sacredness in the LHQ is best accounted for by Kurisu's (2001) Realize Morpheme Theory set in Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993). Kurisu's (2001) Realize Morpheme constraint is expanded herein to encompass a variety of meanings; i.e., morphosyntactic and non-morphosyntactic. Like Kurisu (2001), I contend that faith is relativized to the meaning expressed in that each pattern is determined by ranking a particular faithfulness constraint in relation to RM. However, the meaning expressed in the LHQ is non-morphosyntactic.