The use of kaÌkaÌah/kaskasah and alternative means among educated urban Saudi speakers

The Arabic terms kakkakah and kaskasah refer to the use of /k/ and /s/ as reflexes of the 2nd feminine singular dependent object and possessive pronouns, realized in Standard Arabic as /ki/. The Classical Arabic grammarians, Scbawaih (1395/1982: 199-200), Ibn Jinnc (1957: 399-400) and Ibn Ya™ck (n.d.: 48-49) mention two types of kakkakah: replacement of the 2nd

feminine singular attached object/possessive pronoun /ki/ by /k/, as in §a∞YaytiK “I gave you (f.)”; and adding /k/ to /ki/, as in §a∞YaytikiK “I gave you (f.)”. Both replacement and addition occur in pre-pause position.