The study was conducted in Damascus district, due to the importance of
vegetable cultivation in this area. Two towns were selected randomly and four
villages from each selected town with ten vegetable farmers from each selected
village were random
ly selected for the study. Thus, the total size of the sample
was 80 farmers. The data was collected with the help of specially designed and
pre-tested interview schedule. The objectives of the study were; to study some
socio - economic variables of vegetable growers, and to know their sources of
agricultural information, marketing channels, training needs and the main
constraints faced them in producing and marketing of vegetables.
This paper provides a description of syllable structure in Lattakian Syrian Arabic.
Results of a study conducted for this purpose revealed 14 basic syllable structures. It also
illuminates the characteristics of syllable elements in this dialect. Some parameters,
namely, the minimum sonority distance and the obligatory contour principle were
investigated.
