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P. COUTSOUGERA<br />

Tableau 1: Opacity <strong>in</strong> Tiberian Hebrew<br />

/de2C/ CODA– *Cmplx ❀MAX–V<br />

✮MAX– C DEP–V<br />

COND<br />

opaque ☞de2e * *<br />

transparent de2 *! *<br />

sympathetic ❀de2eC *! ✓ *<br />

faithful de2C *! *! *! ✓<br />

[McCarthy 1998: 6]<br />

4. A Derivational Account <strong>of</strong> Opacity <strong>in</strong> CG<br />

<strong>The</strong> derivations <strong>of</strong> the opaque examples kar,ia, xarti+a as well as the<br />

derivation <strong>of</strong> the transparent example xeri+a are given below:<br />

‘hands’ ‘heart’ ‘papers’<br />

/xeri+a/ /kar1ia/ /xarti+a/<br />

1. Semivowel formation<br />

xerja kar1ja xartja<br />

2. Semivowel fortition (semivowel ! fricative)<br />

xerDa kar1Da xartDa<br />

3. Cont<strong>in</strong>uancy dissimilation (consonant obstruent ! cont<strong>in</strong>uant stop)<br />

xerEa kar1Ea xar?Ea<br />

4. Stop devoic<strong>in</strong>g (voiced stop ! voiceless stop except after a nasal)<br />

xerca kar1ca xar?ca<br />

5. c!k / r ___<br />

xerka ___ ___<br />

6. 3-consonant cluster reduction<br />

___ karca xarca<br />

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