Dad sound : a historical phonetic study
Abstract
This thesis treats the Arabic dad sound in detail
from the Pre-Islamic period to the present day. It consists
of five chapters; the first chapter, which can be considered
as an introduction, treats this sound in the Semitic Languages
and in the Proto-Arabic Dialects. The second deals with the
historical materials concerning this sound as found in the
Arabic sources. The third treats the definition of the
articulation of dad as found in the Arabic scholars, beginning
from Sibawayhi until the present day. The fourth is a study
of the literature on the dad and za' written by Arab scholars
between the fourth century A.H. and the fourteenth century
A.H. The last chapter presents three edited texts on dad and
and za'.