Phonology and Morphology of Arabic

Name: Phonology and Morphology of Arabic
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ISBN: 9780198241379

ISBN-10: 0198241372

ISBN-13: 9780198241379

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Janet C. E. Watson

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Watson presents an account of the phonology and morphology of modern spoken Arabic, based largely on her own research. Her approach is theoretically innovative and aware, but accessible to Arabic language specialists outside linguistics.

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Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.66" long
Language: English

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Semitic language family	p. 1
Phonology	p. 1
Morphology	p. 3
Syntax	p. 4
Arabic within Central Semitic	p. 5
The spread of Arabic	p. 6
The development of Arabic	p. 7
The emergence of a standard language and diglossia	p. 8
The present study	p. 9
The Phoneme System of Arabic	p. 13
Consonants	p. 13
Bilabials	p. 14
Labio-dental	p. 14
Dentals	p. 14
Interdentals	p. 14
Sibilants	p. 15
Palatals	p. 15
Liquids	p. 16
Velars	p. 16
Uvulars	p. 17
Pharyngeals	p. 18
Glottals	p. 18
Glides	p. 19
The consonantal system of San'ani	p. 19
The consonantal system of Cairene	p. 20
Vowels	p. 21
Short vowels	p. 21
Long vowels	p. 22
Diphthongs	p. 22
Cairene long vowels	p. 23
Phonological Features	p. 24
Root features	p. 26
Stricture features	p. 27
Laryngeal features	p. 27
Place/articulator features	p. 28
Primary versus non-primary place	p. 29
[Labial]	p. 31
The [coronal]-front vowel debate	p. 32
[Dorsal]	p. 35
[Guttural]	p. 37
[Coronal]	p. 39
The representation of the pharyngealized coronals	p. 42
The representation of the uvulars	p. 43
The representation of the pharyngeals	p. 44
The phonetic interpretation of non-primary [guttural]	p. 45
The representation of the vowels	p. 47
Conclusion	p. 48
Syllable Structure and Syllabification	p. 50
Association and the syllabic skeleton	p. 50
Syllable structure	p. 56
Superheavy and 'super-superheavy' syllable types	p. 58
Syllabification	p. 61
Syllable repair processes	p. 64
Syncope	p. 70
Conclusion	p. 77
Word Stress	p. 79
Word stress patterns	p. 79
Word stress patterns in Cairene	p. 79
Word stress patterns in San'ani	p. 81
The theoretical model	p. 84
The moraic model	p. 86
The iambic/trochaic division	p. 86
Degenerate feet and the minimal word	p. 88
Extrametricality	p. 90
Extrasyllabicity	p. 92
Word stress in Cairene	p. 93
Exceptions to the stress algorithm	p. 96
Word stress in San'ani	p. 98
Domain-final CVVC/CVCC	p. 101
Domain-final CVV	p. 110
Suffixed words with pre-antepenultimate CVV or CVG syllables	p. 112
Stress fluctuation	p. 114
Secondary stress	p. 119
Conclusion	p. 121
Morphology	p. 122
The morpheme	p. 124
Root-and-pattern morphology	p. 125
Non-concatenative morphology	p. 126
Prosodic morphology	p. 128
The minimal word	p. 129
Basic stems	p. 130
Level-one verbal morphology	p. 133
Finite verb stems	p. 137
Forms II, III, and IV	p. 138
Forms VII, VIII, IX, and X	p. 139
Forms V and VI	p. 141
Form I imperfect template	p. 142
Non-triliteral verbs	p. 142
Verbal derivatives	p. 152
Level-one nominal morphology	p. 164
Conclusion	p. 173
Morphology 2	p. 175
Level-two verbal morphology	p. 176
Affixation of level-two verbal morphemes	p. 176
Affixation of further morphemes	p. 182
Allomorphy	p. 184
Level-two nominal and adjectival morphology	p. 186
Affixation of level-two nominal morphemes	p. 186
Allomorphy	p. 188
The-i morpheme in Cairene	p. 190
A homophonous morpheme in San'ani	p. 192
Additional suffixal morphemes in Cairene	p. 193
Turkish suffixes	p. 193
Additional native suffixes	p. 195
Additional suffixal morphemes in San'ani	p. 198
Additional native suffixes	p. 198
Conclusion	p. 199
Lexical Phonology	p. 200
Prosodic processes	p. 201
Pre-suffix vowel lengthening (in CA)	p. 201
y-strengthening (in CA)	p. 203
n-strengthening	p. 205
V-V resolution in the inflection of final-weak stems	p. 206
Diphthong reduction and n-strengthening (in SA)	p. 208
Pre-{negative} degemination (in SA)	p. 210
h-disassociation (in SA)	p. 211
Melodic processes	p. 214
The role of the Obligatory Contour Principle	p. 216
Assimilation of-l of the definite article	p. 216
Assimilation of t- of the detransitivizing prefix	p. 222
Conclusion	p. 225
Post-Lexical Phonology	p. 226
Prosodic processes	p. 226
Unstressed long vowel shortening (in CA)	p. 226
Resolution of V-V sequences	p. 228
Gemination of clitic-final sonorant (in SA)	p. 234
Melodic processes	p. 235
Nasal place assimilation	p. 235
Coronal sonorant assimilation	p. 237
Assimilation of adjacent sibilants	p. 240
Coronal place assimilation	p. 242
Voicing assimilation (in CA)	p. 245
Voicing, devoicing, and geminate devoicing (in SA)	p. 248
Intervocalic voicing (in SA)	p. 256
Palatalization	p. 257
Labialization of [labial] and [dorsal] consonants (in SA)	p. 263
Labialization of [dorsal] vowels	p. 265
Conclusion	p. 266
Emphasis	p. 268
The articulatory correlates of emphasis	p. 269
The acoustic correlates of emphasis	p. 270
[Guttural] spread	p. 270
The domain of emphasis spread	p. 273
Emphasis spread from the primary coronal emphatics in Cairene	p. 273
Emphasis spread from the secondary emphatics	p. 275
Analysis	p. 276
Spread from the pharyngeals and the guttural off-glide	p. 277
Enhancing features and emphasis spread in San' ani	p. 279
[Labial] spread and transparent segments	p. 282
The directionality of [labial] spread	p. 284
The pharyngeals	p. 285
Conclusion	p. 286
References	p. 287
Index of Authors	p. 299
Index of Subjects	p. 302
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