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- Title
A Non-templatic Approach to the Formation of the Past Participle in Moroccan Arabic.
- Authors
Noamane, Ayoub
- Abstract
This paper attempts to provide a non-templatic analysis of the past participle formation in Moroccan Arabic, using the constraint-based framework of Optimality Theory. The main claim of this paper is that the past participle morpheme is represented by the discontinuous circumfix [m-u], such that the [m] is prefixed and the [u] is suffixed to a base root or a base word. Such an assumption is crucial to paving the way for a non-templatic analysis of PPs, whereby the latter's templatic shape is argued to be emergent rather than being base-generated. In this context, it is suggested that the infixal position of the [u], in the PPs where it surfaces, follows from the interaction between different alignment constraints with conflicting alignment demands. In addition, it is argued that the non-realization of the [u] in certain PP classes can be the result of phonological well-formedness or outputoutput correspondence demands.
- Subjects
MORPHEMICS; SUFFIXES &; prefixes (Grammar); PAVEMENTS; MORPHOPHONEMICS
- Publication
SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 2020, Vol 17, Issue 5, p42
- ISSN
1336-782X
- Publication type
Article