Identity Effects and Opacity in Syrian Arabic: An Optimality Theory Analysis

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Title: Identity Effects and Opacity in Syrian Arabic: An Optimality Theory Analysis
Author(s): Adra, Mohamed Ali
Issue Date: 1999
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): Charles Kisseberth
Department of Study: Linguistics
Discipline: Linguistics
Degree Granting Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name: Ph.D.
Degree Level: Dissertation
Keyword(s): Language, Linguistics
Language: eng
Abstract: Chapter 5 shows how interdialectal differences stem from constraint ranking. Epenthesis and syncope in Iraqi and Egyptian Arabic are accounted for by permuting the constraint set that is present in the grammar of Syrian Arabic. A discussion of emphatic rounding in Lebanese Arabic is then pursued, comparing this dialect to SA utilizing the mechanism of parametrization.
Graduation Semester: 1999
Type of Resource: text
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