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|b This article is meant to explore the effectiveness of diacritic markers on Arabic words when they are taken out of context. To further the discussion, isolated words cannot be recognized unless these diacritics are applied. For instance, if the root / hr/ is taken out of its context, it will not be identified unless a paradigm is added. In her dissertation, Heintz (2010:12) states that, "A root alone is not a fully formed word; it has no parts of speech and is usually ambiguous in its morphemes to be fully defined. Therefore, these morphemes should be drawn from the paradigms that Arabic has: patterns and vocalism. In fact, there are 14 paradigms in Arabic where roots can fit in any one of them, derived into different stems, and then a vocalism is added based on the utterance of the selected pattern. To illustrate, the stem / a: hr/ in the data is derived from the root / hr/- this stem is built by the chosen pattern [ a:f l] to form the word [a: hara]. Now, upon the addition of the vocalic signs, a word is both phonologically and grammatically defined in terms of tense, aspect, case and gender. Accordingly, this article strongly advocates the application of short vowels one words because they facilitate the way a word is read and identified.
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