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AlBzour  \nDepartment of English Language and Literature, Al AlBayt University (AABU), Jordan  \nE-mail: [nnnbzour@gmail.com](nnnbzour@gmail.com)  \nDoi:10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.4p. 185  \nURL: [http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.4p.185](http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.4p.185)  \nReceived: 08/04/2015  \nAccepted: 16/06/2015  \nAbstract  \nThis paper aims at investigating some phonological aspects of syllable structure in Rumthawi Arabic, a Levantine variety spoken in the northern region of Jordan. It basically sheds light on the OT constraint interaction that determines the surfacing onsets and codas of syllables in this dialect. The scope of this paper is more specifically confined to examining the optimal candidates that surface when the definite article morpheme is prefixed. It thus proves that OT constraints in RA interact in an interestingly distinctive way that triggers divergence and sometimes convergence with other dialects due to the parametrical ranking of these constraints in this dialect unlike some other dialects. It is hoped that this humble endeavor will give insight to many interested researchers to deeply investigate various phonological aspects of this dialect.  \nKeywords: optimality, syllable structure, onset, coda, epenthesis, constraints, faithfulness, markedness  \n1. Introduction  \nAs controversial as the way its name is in multiple variation when articulated as [ər.rəm.thə], [Ir.rəm.thə], [Ir.rIm.thə] and [Ir.rʊ[m.th](m.th)ə], Rumthawi dialect is distinctively peculiar. Al-Rumtha, the researchers’beautiful serene hometown, is a major Jordanian city lying in the utmost northern boarder-line region at the corner point of Huran Plains between Jordan and Syria. Approximately, ninety thousand people constitute the population of this agricultural area. Many integrated historical, economic, social and linguistic aspects pour in one crucible that may contribute to marking this Rumthawi dialect as such among other regional dialects. This markedness can be noticeably recognized at various levels: lexical, syntactic, semantic and for sure phonological.  \nThe significance of this paper emanates from the fact that most recent phonological studies tend to label Arabic dialects into broad categories such as Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Jordanian Arabic ,etc. Broad categories will definitely engender broad generalizations that might be inaccurately construed and construed. Few studies have tackled particularly exclusive dialects in their regional and socio-demographic contexts. Many studies have been conducted in the over-generic mood examining Levantine Arabic, and less generically Abu-Salim’s ( 1982) Palestinian Arabic, let alone what appears to be incognizance of the relationship between such dialects as it is evident in Kager ’s erroneous remark (1997, 496),“Into the second class (‘categorial deletion’) fall syncope patterns found in various Arabic dialects (Levantine and Palestinian Arabic syncope and metrical structure are analyzed in an OT framework in Kager 1995)”. The claim that ‘Levantine and Palestinian Arabic…’ ignores the very axiom that Palestinian Arabic is one of the Levantine Arabic varieties in addition to Jordanian, Lebanese and Syrian. This unfortunately reflects that there is a spirit of ad hoc analysis of these dialects either because the authors investigate ad hoc data or because the data have not been authentically attested. However, Irsheid-Kenstowicz’s ( 1984) Bani- Hassan Arabic is one of the first works in phonology that seriously endeavors to explore a specific Jordanian dialect as such, yet it is carried out and implemented in terms of segmental and metrical phonology.  \n2. Significance and Scope of the study  \nThe present study attempts to study th","cbCair7j0mBcCAJk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair7j0mBcCAJk","pdf",253651,"English","# Abstract\n# 1. Introduction\n# 2. Significance and Scope of the study\n# 3. 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