On the precedence of morphophonemic rules

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Murtadha J. Bakir

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In this paper, I shall present evidence motivating two morphophonemic rules in Iraqi Arabic that crucially interact with a purely phonological rule; in both cases, the phonological rule takes precedence. I also suggest that this way of interaction is not arbitrary, rather, it is determined by the principle of transparency or minimization of opacity suggested by Kiparsky (1971).

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