A computational approach to the variations in Arabic verbal orthography

  • Authors:
  • Salah Alnajem

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Arabic, College of Arts, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 23558, Safat 13096, Kuwait

  • Venue:
  • Computer Speech and Language
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper introduces a finite-state computational approach to four main types of orthographic variations in Arabic which are: the variations in the writing of verb-initial glottal stop, verb-medial glottal stop, verb-final glottal stop, and verb-final weak letters. This approach is based on a linguistically motivated account for 42 types of variations. This account captures generalizations governing such variations, and it is based on syllabification.