Sa of Langs igi 1 18.02
Syllabification and Empty Nuclei
in Ath-Sidhar Rifian Berber
[FRANCOIS DELL
‘AND
(OUFAE TANGI
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Morocco. This lage tlongs the a sloa rea. Ts ated about
2a) Kiemeters 1 the northwest of the cy of Nad, in Easter Rik
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‘ks mospology and phooogy asisbe ie Tang (1991, hence
APPR
Tis ate al tansrptons nt ealesed heen ante tas ate
phonetic represeataion penn “ora rane whieh ges
(rer the vavaons in vows! quaty which ire due 10 seghbor
‘arngel or pharageld eonsonnt std is he ease Of 80, 0 a
Mipcent pido'or labor, Unless there ite, the phonetic
tramrition of for mca to fepesnt fs promuncation In Sola
"ASR. isthe following consonants
o e koe a
i ee
roe oe bos so
8: 4 eofon
. . a
y oo.e y
All ae andering sepeats exept or @ and hich re relations
‘tw! and yt Ka are nid ware and w are eva es
(Soles a wae Wane Tare panyegeal eatnes (ees ad
iced) ht a mormured loa fate (oid he); xcept for the
Tnbinized velar all consonants alow a comtast between plan a
fuminste.Geminate consonants ate longer an th pln countepat
{Tein rca fr sendy lot say momentary reloation atthe
ounday betwee the ist io the serine nd ccd Rae They
te represent by sequcace of two Went ett In don
{sauce ako fine at the phonetic level ajcnt atl
onsnant the ist of which Basa ste ease, That release the
Phonetic mansion of a sha, eso 5
‘When 4 word contains sm “empha” Segment, cmphass & spread
‘er the whole word at the phoned eel. his ate Is relevant
to know which opment os morpbewe o wed is he leu of emphasis
1 the phonlogal evel "idee ht al the pment i he Beat
‘torpheme or word are emphatic
"The vowels of ASR ate kal and sta, which we wansribe ae.
aw ate rther sor. They sound like French and wn unstessed
Dlbie ASR fartbermore poses the pong ew (lel) 40d ot
2 _ a are ew ne gf i oe
2
doa), whlch ate the phonetic rence of fe) and Iu Scorn
Ssitbament? Tete te 80 legih coms In vowels at any eel of
‘eptesenatin,
in ASR, ser have He stems 1. peteiveafimatte, 2. perfective
segue, 3 nperecive arma, 4 mperfctive negative and S20,
tls ned ae an impertve perv. Fr the sake of rev the Bist
‘toc will etexpetvly led 1 pis, 2 neptve and impr
‘este ue tnt for the perton,mamher apd gender (henceforth
PNG) oftheir subj, A PN may ea plc asl or 4 soma
tion ofboth, Het tof the PNG inte conjostion OF ASR.
a 1s
iv ns
cy as
ie i.
= amp
fmcess 2
fa Sp
fct>/ ip
a impor 2p,
ey parti?
Phonetic, tme/ and m-c¥>/ ed al.
outs diingush two members, singular and plural, two genders,
rmavaline tnd feminine tad two Hate fee ste and boend ste. The
‘deruson of grammatical gender Inthe excon stl to that found
fn French or ‘Spenshe grammatical gender conelates with senate
[dr In animate nouns sod bere osyncrae, excep in cerain
‘Soc whee guader change tse to frm derive nouns, when he
feminine eed ae maker ‘of the Gmeutve “Site” a egy
ne
3 cetn cmt el ewe deo s
Seoefanee SogteSo a
Seed pre scala ape oem wih oc ony ae
er aepe
kin Jo cae. A noun appeats ims Bound sate form when i &
utes ad follows it et or when Hs the efet of preposition,
ftherwse ther i fue state foe
Direct aod indies chee prone will be releed 1 as les’
‘gy mmedly flow the vero uns Is preseded ya "ren",
in hich case they immediately presdei.Forlsuance the 36 cect
‘hj pronoun tows the vet in fen They (mand er, ta
pce the vein wn fle they (1) dno nd er The ls of
verbs incode the analogs ofthe Sova wh-tords of English the
‘opin and corn complements
By inetd form” we mat 2 scm andthe afi tached 19 in
case here ae any. “need form” and "WoUd™ Wl te wet as
Synonyms The following are wots essa. "cach impt 2 from
(suai ima “com om unary, oR, om a
By phonologeal phrase me mean an infected fovm andthe ccs
Serrounding he and cern proerts hie the nepaion marker the
Compebenizer a8 andthe ampimetbet# (lathe clauses). want
Sta tan ste ponotogi pass
nou risrptions the Poandares etecen morphemes are indicted
types woh they arene inside am ated fot OeWse
"ey ae indatd by nbank # indicts word eg whith nt abo
the edge of a phonological pas, and ## isktes the edge of
Phoootgial pas
"When we site verbal frm without ging any indication abou is
rmorpologsl make-up iis pete imperative i he second peso
singular. When we cite eal form witout indicating wich stem
i bail op, we Svante (te boil on the prfthe stm. Nous eed
thot Indeation of manfer sf inthe saga. those ced without
Indication of tate ae isthe fee state
ier neseay to indeste Hat tho morpemes are component of
4s porimaneny, hie poses wl Re separate by 4 eon For Instance
the English words men and boys Would sormaly te glossed as "man PP
‘a oy p Du If the eed ares they cou be poe a np and
te
"We salle te folowing abbreviations:
‘tne 2
ts bound tte
ain imine
o tert ebes
t feminine
fs fice sate (i nouns) or
feminine singer (mers
“ot ls)
inpet imperative
imp Inpetcine
™ mncline
i negate
p plural
ar patie
n perfective
Pro ‘Stal grement mae (or
Peron Nomber Gene)
‘ sing
‘our primary purpose inthis section sto present the hase fs about
the, phonoacis of ASR. To tis end ve inode 9 syattation
‘Shete ch fe model fer One ea) peopsed for another diet
fof Borer, where ay consonant can occ! athe maces of a sabe?
For ASR, however, thie sysbieton scheme ‘sno more than a
omenion expat device as wll boom ea ne 0
Therese ho slic comsmans fa ASR! Besides te fal” vowel.
‘Tan! wr wih belong tothe undeing inventory, ASR Bas 2 vowel
Sia (0), Seta atcastes with nero and i ocuences can” Be
Pretised from the erviroameat. Hele ae some eamples showing
Shernatons between seen and
1 ek Daan ato 5 hs 8)
5 inary eh