An Optimality-Theoretic Study of Contextual Elision in Spoken Iraqi Arabic

Authors

  • Sahar Mohammed Jaleel Department of English, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Basrah
  • Balqis I. G. Al-Rashid Department of English, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Basrah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63332/joph.v5i5.1610

Keywords:

Contextual Elision, Optimality Theory, Constraint, Candidate, Optimal, Spoken Iraqi Arabic

Abstract

This study investigates the phonological process of contextual elision in Spoken Iraqi Arabic (SIA)  in terms of Optimality Theory (OT) by Prince & Smolensky (1993).The variety examined in this study is used in the southern part of Iraq since it is the native dialect of the researcher.The analysis of the data concludes that all the types of contextual elision in SIA, including elision of vowel, consonants and whole syllables can be accounted for within the framework of OT. It is also revealed that certain OT constraints,such as NUCi/u, MAX-IO, -LATERAL and *GEM, compete to generate the elided forms.

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Published

2025-05-08

How to Cite

Jaleel, S. M., & Al-Rashid, B. I. G. (2025). An Optimality-Theoretic Study of Contextual Elision in Spoken Iraqi Arabic. Journal of Posthumanism, 5(5), 2201–2212. https://doi.org/10.63332/joph.v5i5.1610

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 5 (2025)

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