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Peer reviewedHaeri, Niloofar – Language Variation and Change, 1994
Investigated the sociolinguistic variable of apical palatalization in Cairene Arabic, focusing on the roles of gender and social class in the distribution of palatalization. As in a number of other speech communities, women in Cairo seem to have been the innovators of this sound change. (27 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Arabic, Females, Foreign Countries, Innovation
