The phonetics and phonology of Modern South Arabian: Mehri and Shehret.

Last updated on 2021-11-26

Dates: 2019-2022

Principal Investigator: Janet Watson (University of Leeds)

Collaborators: Barry Heselwood (University of Leeds) and Abdullah Musallam al-Mahri

Funding: Leverhulme Trust

Summary: This project investigates the the sound systems of Mehri and Shehret, two endangered Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL) spoken in Southern Arabia. For more information, please follow this link.

Phonetics and phonology Mehri Shehret Modern South Arabian Languages Language documentation
Gisela Tomé Lourido
Gisela Tomé Lourido
Lecturer in Sociophonetics

Gisela Tomé Lourido is a Lecturer in Sociophonetics in the Linguistics and Phonetics department at the University of Leeds.

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Publications

Epenthesis and vowel intrusion in Central Dhofari Mehri
The paper discusses epenthesis and vowel intrusion in the Central Dhofari variety of Mehri, one of six endangered Modern South Arabian …
Janet C.E. Watson, Gisela Tomé Lourido, Abdullah al-Mahri
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Epenthesis and vowel intrusion in Central Dhofari Mehri

Events

Short vowels in Mehri, a Modern South Arabian Language: An acoustic and auditory analysis.
This paper presents an acoustic and auditory analysis of the short vowels of Mehri, a Modern South Arabian language (MSAL) spoken in …
2021-07-10 5:10 PM Online
Janet Watson, Gisela Tomé Lourido, Barry Heselwood
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Vowels in Mehri.
This talk was delivered at a session on the Phonetics and Phonology of Modern South Arabian Languages. The session was part of a series …
2021-03-09 3:00 PM Leeds, UK
Gisela Tomé Lourido, Janet Watson, Andrea Boom, Carlos Jair Martínez Albarracín
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Vowels in Mehri.
Short vowels in Central Dhofari Mehri.
2020-06-02 1:00 PM Leeds, UK
Janet Watson, Gisela Tomé Lourido, Barry Heselwood, Abdullah al-Mahri
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Short vowels in Central Dhofari Mehri.