Department of European Languages and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Psycholinguist Res. 2020 Aug;49(4):571-582. doi: 10.1007/s10936-020-09697-5.
Based on Mahboob and Elyas (World Engl 33(1):128-142, 2014), who identified an expanding circle variety of Englishes, known as 'Saudi English', the present paper addresses the consonantal variations between Formal English and a sub-variety of Saudi English, termed as 'Saudi Hijazi English'. The paper presents the specific consonants of Saudi Hijazi English through conducting an interview with five Hijazi linguists to obtain qualitative data concerning the consonants that constitute Saudi Hijazi English sound system. The paper argues that there are eighteen consonants constituting Saudi Hijazi English sound system. This sound system is partly influenced by the sound system of Urban Hijazi dialect only and partly by the sound system of both Urban Hijazi dialect and Modern Standard Arabic together. Finally, the paper claims that the consonantal variations between Formal English and Saudi Hijazi English have certain implications for oral intralingual translation, particularly if the latter is unknown to the formal English speaker.
基于 Mahboob 和 Elyas（《世界英语研究》33(1):128-142, 2014）提出的英语扩展圈变体，即“沙特英语”，本文探讨了正式英语和沙特英语的一种变体——“沙特 Hijazi 英语”之间的辅音变化。本文通过对五名 Hijazi 语言学家进行采访，获得了有关构成沙特 Hijazi 英语语音系统的辅音的定性数据，从而呈现了沙特 Hijazi 英语的具体辅音。本文认为，沙特 Hijazi 英语的语音系统由十八个辅音构成。该语音系统部分受城市 Hijazi 方言的语音系统影响，部分受城市 Hijazi 方言和现代标准阿拉伯语的语音系统共同影响。最后，本文声称，正式英语和沙特 Hijazi 英语之间的辅音变化对口语内翻译具有一定的影响，特别是对于不熟悉沙特 Hijazi 英语的正式英语使用者而言。
