Professor of the Faculty of English at AAB College Marika Butskhrikidze has published her latest scientific article entitled: “The Status of /m/ in #/m/C Sequences in Georgian”. This study is published in the book: Part II Syllable, Stress, and Sign, edited by Jeroen van de Weijer, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2023, pp. 1-18.

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The research takes into account different types of evidence: 1) synchronic constraints on the attachment of consonants; 2) comparative and dialect data; 3) diachronic studies involving /m/C sequences; and 4) reduplication data. Based on the findings, the paper argues that /m/ in #/m/C sequences should be analyzed as a prefix. Henceforth, /m/ and C in #/m/C sequences belong to different morphemes and do not form true clusters. Click here to read the full article.