Moroccan Arabic Consonant Clusters Resulting From Negation as an Exception to Benhallam’s SSAA: An Optimality-Theoretic Account

This article examines the status of consonant cluster resulting after concatenation discontinuous plural morpheme ma…….∫. In disconformity with Benhallam’s Syllable structure Assignment Algorithm (henceforth SSAA) which predicts that every succession consonants is resolved in MA by inserting schwa to break hiatus, abovementioned morphological operation does not permit epenthesis. As such, it imperative account for final and incorporate them into syllable language. The claim this inserted here as ∫ negative assigned an appendix moraless. So, cannot make a mora combination moraless schwa. analysis couched within framework Optimality Theory (OT). More specifically, constraints interact seeming ad hoc are both faithfulness markedness constraints. It argued some faithfuness well interacting each other responsible existence such clusters.