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| what are the the prose rules that account for the alternation seen in these phrases? and . What is the underlying representation of the [W] at the end of the word that means 'fish' in the phrase that means 'Khaled's fish'? kit'a:p 'book' kit'a:[f] 'fa'thi' 'fathi's book' kit'a:p [p] sami':ra 'samira's book' kit'a:p [p] ʃari':f 'sharif's book' kit'a:p [p] x'a:lid ' khaled's book' kit'a:p [p] h'asan 'hassan's book' s'amak 'fish' s'ama[k] fa'thi ' fathi's fish' s'ama[k] sami':ra 'samira's fish' s'ama[k] ʃari':f 'sharif 's fish' s'ama[x] x'a:lid ' khaled's fish' s'ama[k] h'asan 'hassan's fish' bit 'daughter' bi[t] fa'thi 'fathi's daughter' bi[s] sami':ra 'samira's daughter' bi[ʃ] ʃari':f 'sharif 's daughter' bi[t] x'a:lid ' khaled's daughter' bi[t] h'asan 'hassan's daughter' |
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| The voicelss labial stop /p/ becomes a voicelss labial fricative [f] before /f/: kit'a:/p/ 'book'The voiceless velar stop /k/ becomes a voiceless velar fricative [x] before /x/: s'ama/k/ 'fish'The voiceless alveolar stop /t/ becomes a voiceless alveolar fricative [s] before /s/ and an alveopalatal fricative [ʃ] before /ʃ/. bi/t/ 'daughter'Rule By process of regressive assimilation, voiceless stops /p, k/ and /t/ become voiceless fricatives [f, x] and [s, ʃ] respectively, thereby sharing manner of articulation with a following fricative. |
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| Soup you are a genius. thank yousooooooooo much for helping me out. i was really desperate .you are superrrrrrrrr man. |
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