BLOCKING AND EXTENDED EXPONENCE OF SUFFIX PRONOUNS IN ARABIC PERFECTIVE VERB CONJUGATION

Authors

Zaqiatul Mardiah, Department of Arabic Language and Culture Faculty of Humanities, Al-Azhar University of IndonesiaFollow
Nur Hizbullah, Department of Arabic Language and Culture Faculty of Humanities, Al-Azhar University of IndonesiaFollow
Awaliyah Ainun Niswah, Department of Arabic Language and Culture Faculty of Humanities, Al-Azhar University of IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

Noyer (1997) utilized blocking and extended exponence to encode pronouns in the conjugation of imperfect verbs in Arabic. His findings were criticized by Stump (2001) and Xu (2010), because the formulation was considered too complex. Xu (2010) offered a unified integrated account based on Optimality Theory while still relying on blocking and extended exponence. However, their for-mulation only focuses on the pronouns of imperfect verb conjugations. So far, the optimality of conjugations of perfective Arabic verbs which are also complex in nature, have not been considered yet in their studies. This study extends the work of Xu (2010) by developing the formulation of the optimal forms of the suffix pronouns of the Arabic perfective verb conjugations. The results of study reveal that several exponences which in different situations, each can realize several assingments. Instead, there is an assignment that is realized by more than one exponen

Recommended Citation

Mardiah, Zaqiatul; Hizbullah, Nur; and Niswah, Awaliyah Ainun (2020) "BLOCKING AND EXTENDED EXPONENCE OF SUFFIX PRONOUNS IN ARABIC PERFECTIVE VERB CONJUGATION," International Review of Humanities Studies: Vol. 5: No. 2, Article 18.
Available at: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/irhs/vol5/iss2/18