Abstract:The paradigm of constraints that is proposed by optimality theory as a substitute to the rules paradigm has influenced all the fields of linguistics. Different phonological phenomena in different many languages have been investigated in terms of optimality theory. The phonological structures of Arabic suffer from some changes like deletion, substitution and other processes that underlie the systematic derivation (Al-ishtiqaaq) of vowels. In terms of Optimality Theory, this paper investigates two issues: First,… Show more
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