AbstractThe goal of this study is to propose an Optimality-Theoretic (OT) account of the assimilation that arises from adjacency between root and pattern consonants in the two verbal patterns “ɪn-a-a-” and “ɪ-ta-a” in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). As for the pattern of “ɪn-a-a-”, ranking syntagmatic constraints higher than the faithfulness constraint of the root explains why the nasal /n/ agrees with the first radical in place features. In the second pattern (“ɪ-ta-a-”), ranking syntagmatic constraints higher than the faithfulness constraints correctly predicts the change of the pattern affix /t/ to [d] provided that it follows a voiced coronal consonant. This ranking also successfully explains why /t/ becomes emphatic (i.e., [tˤ]) when it occurs after an emphatic radical. Some constraints are posited in order to account for the change of pattern /t/ into /w/ when the latter comes after the vowel /ɪ/.

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现代标准阿拉伯语中动词模式词根辅音同化的最优性理论解释

摘要本研究的目的是提出一个最优理论 (OT) 解释，该解释是现代标准中两个动词模式“ɪn-aa-”和“ɪ-ta-a”中词根和模式辅音之间的邻接引起的。阿拉伯语 (MSA)。至于“ɪn-aa-”的模式，高于词根忠实性约束的排列组合约束解释了为什么鼻音/n/与第一个激进的就地特征一致。在第二个模式（“ɪ-ta-a-”）中，排名高于忠实度约束的组合约束正确地预测了模式词缀 /t/ 到 [d] 的变化，前提是它遵循浊冠辅音。这个排名也成功地解释了为什么 /t/ 出现在强调部首之后时变成强调（即 [tˤ]）。