Learning Grammar and Morphology in Socotra: Problems and Solutions

Abstract

Socotri language is one of the languages that has withstood the impact of Standard Arabic. It has its own characteristics and features, some of which pose obstacles and problems for students. This study aims to uncover those problems, such as the absence of certain Arabic sounds in Socotri, the morphological tilting towards yā’a and kasra, the fact that it is not a parsed language. These problems manifest when the student attempts to speak, read, and write Arabic, represented by the large number of spelling, morphological, and grammatical errors. This study attempts to describe these problems and seeks to provide solutions and treatments, and raises the issue to researchers. It consists of an introduction that includes the research problem, aims, questions, previous studies, methodology, limits, and a preamble discussing whether Socotri is a dialect or a language? As well as there are two sections: the first deals with phonological and morphological problems, and the other deals with grammatical problems and others. The findings of this research emphasize that Socotri is a language with a linguistic duality with Arabic, which causes pronunciation deviations, and the presence of sounds in Arabic that do not exist in Socotri is one of the reasons for the student to make mistakes. The study also comes to the result that the lack of stock of Arabic words and sentences, and poor writing and spelling are among the reasons for the student’s weakness in the rules of grammar and morphology. The research recommends studying the phonetic differences between Arabic and Socotri languages and collecting and studying common linguistic errors in Socotra,