Morphophonemic interface in BBC English, and Basra Arabic ° : a case study of phonological conditioning

Abstract EN

This piece of work attempts to examine the morphophonemic interface in both BBC English (henceforth English), and Basra Arabic (henceforth Arabic) in order to see if there are any similarities between the two languages as far as phonological conditioning is concerned.

The study, further hypothesizes that the phonologically conditioned allomorphy, in Arabic, can well be compared to the one in English in order to see whether or not the three types of phonologically conditioned allomorphy which do exist in English ; namely, assimilation, vowel harmony, and dissimilation, also exist in Arabic.

Besides, some theoretical background on allomorphs and affixation in English, and Arabic, suppletive and replacive allomorphs are introduced.

Moreover, the plural in Arabic has also been discussed.

The presentations and comparisons discussed in the study, whose data are collected from English and Arabic, are hoped to confirm the hypothesis and enhance it.

The investigation ends up with the conclusions and the findings of the study.