Abstract

This study aims at analyzing samples of speech sounds with plosive release
in Al-Kahaf and Al-Waqi'aa Suras and explaining the consequence of the
occurrence of those plosive sounds in phonology and its relationship to the general
meaning of the Sura. The researcher was keen to enumerate the words in which the
plosive sounds occurred in their positions in the two Suras- Al-Kahaf and Al-
Waqi'aa- in accurate tables. The researcher used PRAAT, a phonetic analysis
software, for examining the sounds and showing their acoustic features, such as
frequency, intensity and pressure. The study samples were recited by Sheikh Ali
Abdulrahman Al-Hutheify, a skillful reciter. The paper is divided into two sections
preceded by an introduction and followed by a conclusion. The first section is
devoted for the theoretical background, whereas the second section includes the
laboratory and statistical data of the sounds under study. The paper ends with a set
of points I believe they are of value. They come under the heading Results.

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