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Syllable Weight in African Languages
Edited by Paul Newman
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 338] 2017
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Chapter 2
Syllable weight

A typological and theoretical overview

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Typology of weight-sensitive phenomena
  • 3.Phonological representations of weight
  • 4.The typology of weight criteria
  • 5.The process specificity of weight
  • 6.Final vs. non-final weight asymmetries
  • 7.Relationship between the phonology and phonetics of weight
  • 8.Onset weight
  • 9.Conclusion
  • References
Published online: 12 April 2017
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