[
    {
        "id": "osp-9556",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Cross-generational Dialect Familiarity and Use in Oman: The Case of Al-Hamra Cross-generational Dialect Familiarity and Use in Oman: The Case of Al-Hamra",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Abri",
                "given": "shorooq Rashid"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Harthi",
                "given": "Ghada Said"
            },
            {
                "family": "Denman",
                "given": "C.j."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Mahrooqi",
                "given": "Rahma"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/cross-generational-dialect-familiarity-and-use-in-oman-the-case-of-al-hamra-cross-generational-dialect-familiarity-and-use-in-oman-the-case-of-al-hamr",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Journal of Arts and Social Sciences",
        "volume": "12",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "19-32",
        "DOI": "10.53542/jass.v12i1.4814",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2312-1270",
        "abstract": "Although a number of researchers have focused on describing the unique linguistic features of various Omani dialects, relatively little attention has been paid to their cross-generational familiarity and use. The current study investigated this issue by exploring the abilities of 95 young (20 years or younger) Al-Hamra residents to provide the meanings and correct usage of 20 words identified as being characteristic of the traditional Al-Hamra dialect. Sixty-one elderly residents (60 years or older) were also asked to perform the same task for vocabulary representing the speech of younger residents. Results indicate a limited understanding of, and ability to use, words from the traditional Al-Hamra dialect among younger residents, with elderly respondents also struggling to understand vocabulary selected from the younger group’s speech. Findings suggest that, in addition to limited cross-generational understanding of the speech typifying younger and older groups in the region, younger people may be losing familiarity with the traditional Al-Hamra dialect. The paper discusses factors that may impact on the situation, and offers ways, such as encouraging wider use of the traditional Al-Hamra dialect in the community and creating lexical resources of dialectical words and phrases, of helping preserve this part of Oman’s unique cultural and linguistic landscape."
    }
]