Mahasen Hasan Abu-Mansour
List of John Benjamins publications in which Mahasen Hasan Abu-Mansour is involved.
2011 The phonology–syntax interface: Phrasal syncope in Makkan Arabic Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the annual symposia on Arabic Linguistics, Broselow, Ellen and Hamid Ouali (eds.), pp. 35–56 | Article
In this article I investigate the proper domain of the application of phrasal syncope in Makkan Arabic using Selkirk’s Edge-Based theory of the syntax-phonology interface as well as McCarthy and Prince’s theories of Correspondence and Generalized Alignment. I show that both word-level and phrasal… read more
1996 Voice as aprivate feature: Asssimilation in Arabic Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Eid, Mushira (ed.), pp. 201–232 | Article
1992 Vowel shortening in two Arabic dialects Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Broselow, Ellen, Mushira Eid and John McCarthy (eds.), pp. 47–76 | Article
1991 Epenthesis in Makkan Arabic: Unsyllabified consonants vs. degenerate syllables Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Comrie, Bernard and Mushira Eid (eds.), pp. 137–154 | Article
1990 Epenthesis, Gemination, and Syllable Structure Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Eid, Mushira and John McCarthy (eds.), pp. 167–191 | Article
Reduplicative hypocoristics in makkan Arabic: An optimality theoretic account Arabic Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper offers an account of reduplicative hypocoristics in Makkan Arabic using Correspondence Theory couched in Optimality Theory. Reduplicative hypocoristics reference only one of the consonants present in the actual name, not the root. It consists of two identical heavy syllables C1V2V2. read more