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5 The Stress Patterns of English Verbs: Syllable Weight and Morphology
, 2023 Quentin Dabouis
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Syllable-Internal Structure in Iranian-Balochi Dialects [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2021 The present article dedicates to studying the syllable-internal structure in three Iranian Balochi dialects (IBDs) namely Mirjaveh Sarhaddi, Sarawani and Lashari dialects. The data analysis will be based on the onset-rhyme theory (e.g., Kurylowicz, 1948;
Bahareh Soohani +2 more
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Weight Pattern of Tri-syllabic Words in Persian: Moraic Theory [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2022 This paper examines weight patterns in tri-syllabic words within a Moraic-theoretic account. A word weight pattern is weight of syllables and is defined based on distinction between heavy and light syllables (Carr, 2008:172); Here, the notion of mora ...
Hakimeh Fanoodi +2 more
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A Moraic Analysis of Compensatory Lengthening in Kermanshahi Persian [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2019 The present study aims at investigating the process of compensatory lengthening in Kermanshahi Persian. According to the moraic theory, if a unit in the base layer or temporal manner has Mora, and that unit is removed in the phonological layer, its mora ...
Samira Ahmadi Varmazani, Mehdi Fattahi
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The rhythmic type of Persian: A phonological perspective [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2023 In rhythmic typology, languages are categorized into stress-timed and syllable-timed types. Earlier studies have highlighted the isochrony of interstress intervals and syllables in stress-timed and syllable-timed languages, respectively.
Anis Masoumi, Golnaz Modarresi Ghavami
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Moraic tone-bearing units in Kabiye
Linguistique et Langues Africaines, 2022 This article provides evidence that the mora, rather than the syllable, is the tone-bearing unit in Kabiye, an Eastern Gurunsi Gur language of Togo.
David Roberts
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The paradox of Portuguese /Vr/-rhymes: Disentangling weight from length via structure-based sonority
Glossa, 2023 The assumption that Portuguese stress is weight-sensitive is supported by strong arguments. However, oxytones ending with open syllables remain a major problem for this claim, unless vowels can be independently proved to be heavy without being long.
Joaquim Brandão de Carvalho
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Tonologie du mandinka du Pakaawu
Mandenkan, 2020 This article describes the tonal system of Pakaawu Mandinka. This Manding variety is characterized by the importance of syllable weight in the conditioning of tonal phenomena, and by systematic tonal alternations affecting the last syllable of words that
Denis Creissels
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