Watson, JCE (2007) Syllabification patterns in Arabic dialects: long segments and mora sharing. Phonology, 24. 335 - 356. ISSN 0952-6757
Abstract
In Classical Arabic and many modern Arabic dialects, syllables ending in VVC or in the left leg of a geminate have a special status. An examination of Kiparsky’s (2003) semisyllable account of syllabification types and related phenomena in Arabic against a wider set of data shows that while this account explains much syllable-related variation, certain phenomena cannot be captured, and several dialects appear to exhibit conflicting syllable-related phenomena. Phenomena not readily covered by the semisyllable account commonly involve long segments ? long vowels or geminate consonants. In this paper, I propose for relevant dialects a mora-sharing solution that recognises the special status of syllables incorporating long segments. Such a mora-sharing solution is not new, but has been proposed for the analysis of syllables containing long segments in a number of languages, including Arabic (Broselow 1992, Broselow et al. 1995), Malayalam, Hindi (Broselow et al. 1997) and Bantu languages (Maddieson 1993, Hubbard 1995).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2007, Cambridge University Press. Reproduced with permission from the publisher. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2013 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2017 15:58 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0952675707001224 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0952675707001224 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75742 |