نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
استادیار زبان و ادبیات فارسی دانشگاه دامغان
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
This study analyzes phonological convergence toward /aw/ in the Abdolmalyki dialect — a variety of Hawrami spoken in Behshahr County, Miankaleh Rural District — and demonstrates how several independent processes converge on a single phonological output. Following the migration of the Abdolmalyki tribe to northern Iran during the Qajar period, this dialect became surrounded by Mazandarani varieties, a historical-geographical circumstance that explains the preservation of Hawrami structures under contact-induced pressure. Data were collected from 50 native speakers, male and female, aged 40 to 75, and acoustic analysis was carried out on 15 selected tokens (9 male, 6 female) using Praat software. The findings indicate convergence of six independent phonological pathways toward /aw/: (1) lenition of /b/ to [w] in word-final and intervocalic positions; (2) lenition of /v/ to [w] in intervocalic contexts; (3) lenition of /f/ to [w] before consonants; (4) breaking of vowel /o/ to /aw/ in various phonological positions; (5) deletion of /h/ and reanalysis of /āh/ as [aw] in word-final position; (6) deletion of /n/ and reanalysis of /ān/ as [aw] in word-final position. Acoustic evidence — particularly F2 decline in the 750–900 Hz range and a significant duration increase in the /o/-breaking pathway — supports the stability of this phonological output. The analysis demonstrates that the glide [w] functions as a structural hub or bridge in organizing this multi-pathway convergence. By explicating the interaction of consonant lenition, vowel breaking, and syllabic deletion-reanalysis, this study offers a model for investigating phonological convergence in Iranian dialects.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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