| ROA: | 910 |
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| Title: | The Syllable Shape of Al-Ahsa dialect: an OT Perspective |
| Authors: | Abdullah Aljumah |
| Comment: | |
| Length: | 23 |
| 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. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
| Area/Keywords: | Phonology |
| Article: | Version 1 |