Word and Sentence Prosody by Haruo Kubozono

Author:Haruo Kubozono
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2022-09-08T12:31:08.644000+00:00

4.4

Superheavy syllables

4.4.1

Background

In the preceding section we discussed what vowel sequence forms a diphthong in KosJ and other Japanese dialects. Another interesting issue about syllable structure in Japanese is whether and to what extent superheavy, i.e. trimoraic, syllables are permitted. As mentioned in Section 1.2.2, syllable weight is a notion combining the mora and the syllable, traditionally used in the description of ancient Greek (Allen 1973). Specifically, it assumes three types of structures depending on their phonological weight or length which can be structurally defined.

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light syllables

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