A Study of the Assimilation and Substitution in Arabic

by Joyce Akesson

This work is a comprehensive study of two well-known phonological changes in Arabic: the assimilation and the substitution. The assimilation involves the incorporation of a certain segment into an adjacent one in such a manner that they both form a doubled segment. The segments can either be identical or different. This phenomenon occurs usually in the doubled verbs and their forms and in some cases of perfects of Form V, VI and VIII. It also occurs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9197764167
• ISBN13: 9789197764162
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Pallas Athena Distribution
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"