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Syllable Weight in African Languages
Edited by Paul Newman
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 338] 2017
► pp. 97–112

Chapter 6
The psychological reality of syllable weight

Article outline
  • 1.The psychological reality of phonological distinctions
  • 2.Syllable weight in Hausa
  • 3.Implicit knowledge of syllable weight and its actualization
    • 3.1Performance of wedding songs by Ɗan Maraya Jos
    • 3.2Perception of syllable weight
      • 3.2.1A song by Alhaji Mamman Shata Katsina
      • 3.2.2Poems composed by Alhaji Aƙilu Aliyu
    • 3.3Actualization of latent syllable weight distinctions
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • References to published poetic words cited
Published online: 12 April 2017
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AAA_KMa: Alhaji Aƙilu Aliyu, Ƙoƙon Mabarata, in Ismail Junaidu, Ciza, Ka Busa (vol. 1 of Abokin Hira), Ibadan: Longman Nigeria Ltd., 1981.
AAA_SHM: Alhaji Aƙilu Aliyu, Saƙo a Hannun Mumini, in Alhaji Aƙilu Aliyu, Fasaha Aƙiliya, Zaria: Northern Nigerian Publishing Company, 1976.
ANM_TsM: Alhaji Aliyu Namangi, Waƙar Furan Gero da Tsarabar Madina, Zaria: Northern Nigerian Publishing Company, 1978.
MHa_TSW: Mu’azu Haɗeja, Tutocin Shaihu da Waninsu, in Waƙoƙin Mu’azu Haɗeja, Zaria: Northern Nigerian Publishing Company, 1970 [1955].
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