Hoequist, C. (1983b). Syllable duration in stress-, syllable- and mora-timed language. Phonetica, 40, 203-237.Hoequist, Charles 1983. "Syllable Duration in Stress-, Syllable- and Mora-timed Languages." Phonetica 40: 203-237.Syllable duration in stress-, syllable-, and mora-timed ...
Building on the results of a previous study, reiterant speech is used to test a number of durational characteristics of a stress-timed language (English), a syllable-timed language (Spanish) and a mora-timed language (Japanese). The results indicate that moras and stress feet do influence syl...
UNIVERSAL languageFOREIGN language educationVOWELSCONSONANTSA growing body of literature suggests that the world's languages can be classified into three rhythm classes: mora-timed languages, stress-timed languages, and syllable-timed languages. However, scholars cannot agree on which...
How well is English with mora-timed rhythm understood by a multilingual community?Tomokazu NakayamaSeoh Koon TanHoo Chun PekJournal of English as an International Language