Metrical Structure of Arabic
eBook - PDF

Metrical Structure of Arabic

  1. 317 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Metrical Structure of Arabic

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Table of contents

  1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. Chapter 1: The representation of the syllable
  4. 1.1. Stress assignment and the syllable
  5. 1.2. The Sonority Hierarchy
  6. 1.3. Sonority Hierarchy and Syllable Structure
  7. Chapter 2: The Syllable in Arabic
  8. 2.1. Segmental Slots
  9. 2.2. Roots and Autosegmental Representations
  10. 2.3. Semivowel Deletion in Classical Arabic
  11. 2.4. Consonant Clusters and the Syllabic Model
  12. 2.5. Plural Imperfectives
  13. 2.6. Vowels in Word-Final Position
  14. 2.7. Two Cases of Morphological Marking
  15. 2.8. Processes of Epenthesis
  16. Chapter 3: Metrical Structure
  17. 3.1. Some Syllabic Descriptions of Stress
  18. 3.2. Syllable Regroupings: the Foot
  19. 3.3. Iteration and “Weak” Syllables
  20. 3.4. Syllabic Hierarchy and Foot Construction
  21. 3.5. Vowel Reduction and Deletion
  22. 3.6. Weaker than v: The Dialect of Marrakech
  23. Chapter 4: Stress Assignment and Metrical Grid
  24. 4.1. The Metrical Grid
  25. 4.2. The Inegalitarian Ideal
  26. 4.3. Word Stress
  27. 4.4. Stress in Classical Arabic
  28. 4.5. The Representation of the Cycle
  29. Conclusion
  30. References