Metrical Structure of Arabic.

Metrical Structure of Arabic.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Angoujard, Jean-Pierre
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	De Gruyter, 1990.
Series:	Publications in Language Sciences ; 35
Subjects:	Arabic language > Accents and accentuation. Arabic language > Syllabication. Arabic language > Accents and accentuation Arabic language > Syllabication
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Table of Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: The representation of the syllable
1.1. Stress assignment and the syllable
1.2. The Sonority Hierarchy
1.3. Sonority Hierarchy and Syllable Structure
Chapter 2: The Syllable in Arabic
2.1. Segmental Slots
2.2. Roots and Autosegmental Representations
2.3. Semivowel Deletion in Classical Arabic
2.4. Consonant Clusters and the Syllabic Model
2.5. Plural Imperfectives
2.6. Vowels in Word-Final Position
2.7. Two Cases of Morphological Marking
2.8. Processes of Epenthesis
Chapter 3: Metrical Structure.
3.1. Some Syllabic Descriptions of Stress
3.2. Syllable Regroupings: the Foot
3.3. Iteration and "Weak" Syllables
3.4. Syllabic Hierarchy and Foot Construction
3.5. Vowel Reduction and Deletion
3.6. Weaker than v: The Dialect of Marrakech
Chapter 4: Stress Assignment and Metrical Grid
4.1. The Metrical Grid
4.2. The Inegalitarian Ideal
4.3. Word Stress
4.4. Stress in Classical Arabic
4.5. The Representation of the Cycle
Conclusion
References.