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In defence of the autosegmental treatment of nonconcatenative morphology1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Alemayehu Haile  and
Al Mtenje
Alemayehu Haile
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and University of Malawi
Al Mtenje
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and University of Malawi
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The aim of this paper is to defend the autosegmental account of nonconcatenative morphology originally proposed by McCarthy (1979, 1981), which has been seriously challenged by Hudson (1986). It is argued that an autosegmental analysis of nonconcatenative morphology such as that of Arabic still remains a better alternative than what Hudson proposes. We first present a brief overview of McCarthy's theory of non-concatenative morphology. We then review Hudson's criticisms of such an autosegmental approach to Arabic morphology and we end up by showing why his reanalysis does not constitute a better alternative than the criticized autosegmental account.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , September 1988 , pp. 433 - 455
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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