<OT> New Posting: ROA-910

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ROA 910-0407

The Syllable Shape of Al-Ahsa dialect: an OT Perspective

Abdullah Aljumah <aaljumah at emich.edu>

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Abstract:
This work discusses the syllable structure of Al-Ahsa dialect.
Al-Ahsa dialect is a variation of Arabic which prohibits
initial consonant cluster but allows complex codas and geminates.
OT (Prince & Smolensky 1993) framework is adopted and provides
a complete analysis of the syllable structure in Al-Ahsa
dialect. It is has been concluded that Al-Ahsa dialect exhibit
no initial consonant clusters but allows complex codas and
geminates.

Comments: 
Keywords: Al-Ahsa dialect, syllable structure, cluster, complex, coda, geminate
Areas: Phonology
Type: Manuscript

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=910