A Morphophonemic Analysis of Closed Syllable Shortening in the Holy Quran لمؤلفه / د. محمد سعيد شفيق مبارك، حاصل على دكتوراه في اللغويات الانجليزية

1. Abstract This research aims to conduct a morphophonemic analysis of closed syllable shortening (CSS) which is a phonological process associated with hollow verbal structures within the Holy Quran (HQ) (Watson, 2002). This analysis is based on the notion that there is a stable relationship between morphology and phonology in the HQ’s language which has some linguistic restrictions. In terms of phonology, CSS is pertinent to long vowels shortened in certain positions. Furthermore, morphology sheds light on verbal inflectional categories included in mood, tense, aspect, and voice. The study analyzes the data collected from Mushaf Al-Madinah through the observation of CVːC to CVC. Qualitative methods are utilized to analyze data. The study concludes that the CSS included, in the HQ, is stimulated via inflectional categories represented in tense, aspect, voice, and mood either in the imperfective or perfective form.