Publication Date
January 1980
Journal or Book Title
Studies in the Linguistic Sciences
Abstract
Three models of metrical stress assignment in the Arabic dialect of Damascus (Halle and Vergnaud 1978; McCarthy 1979a, b; Hayes 1979) are considered. On the basis of anomalies in the stressing of third person feminine singular perfective verbs with pronominal suffixes, it is shown that the mora-counting ternary foot model of McCarthy (1979a, b) is superior. In addition, support is provided for cyclic assignment of metrical structure (Kiparsky 1979).
Pages
77-98
Special Issue
Studies in Arabic Linguistics
Recommended Citation
McCarthy, John J., "A note on the accentuation of Damascene Arabic" (1980). Studies in the Linguistic Sciences. 24.
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