Abbreviations and symbols

boundaries of phonetic form

boundaries of surface representation

boundaries of underlying representation

consonantal root

empty or unspecified segment

feature specification

in free variation with

leads to

mora

morpheme boundary

optional

syllable node

unattested

word final

first person

second person

third person

consonant or consonantal

the constraint set

coronal

coronal place assimilation

geminate

definite article

detransitivizing

dorsal

Emergent Feature Theory

emphasis spread

epenthetic vowel

the Evaluator function

feature

first formant

second formant

Feature Geometry

feminine plural

feminine singular

glide

the Generator function

hertz

labial

assimilation of the definite article l-

local consonant-to-consonant assimilation

left-to-right

masculine plural

milliseconds

masculine singular

noun

nasal + oral cluster

No Crossing Condition

nasal place assimilation

Old Arabic

Obligatory Contour Principle

Optimality Theory

phonetic form

plural

Parallel Structures Model

root node

right-to-left

surface form

singular

surface representation

stem vowel

Unified Feature Theory

Universal Grammar

underlying representation

vowel or vocalic

Voice Onset Time

vocalic place