I’m Ali Nirheche. I’m doing my PhD in linguistics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I mainly work on the phonology/morphology interface. I focus in my work on Arabic varieties, more specifically Moroccan Arabic. I’m interested in theories and learning models designed to handle patterns of phonological variation and exceptionality.
Current Projects:
- Variable and exceptional assimilation of the definite article l– in Moroccan Arabic
- Augmentation in the Moroccan Arabic broken plural: a minimal size requirement (with Michael Becker)
- The temporal stability of medial consonant sequences in Moroccan Arabic