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An original approach to the structure of roots is proposed. It is argued that roots in Tashlhiyt Berber are organized in terms of head-dependent elements rather than syllables. This challenges standard approaches to consonant clusters and their alledged syllabic organisation.
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Why is it important?
A new theory about the structure of consonantal roots is proposed. It challenges standard syllable-based approaches.
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This page is a summary of: On the Internal Structure of Tashlhiyt Berber Triconsonantal Roots, Linguistic Inquiry, April 2010, The MIT Press,
DOI: 10.1162/ling.2010.41.2.255.
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