Ditto with the related lse question If mora are potentially sufficient to describe language, then what do syllables add, in theory Is the concept of syllables pronuncia.
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Due to persistent and intensive language contact, indian languages share many features This prompted emeneau 1 to describe these languages as belonging to a common linguistic area or sprachbund. What that means with respect to the definitions it puts forward, i don't know. A mora is an object which allows the possibility of representational contrastiveness, so if a language has short and long vowels, that can be represented via one versus two moras on a vowel.
Why not just light/medium/heavy?!) is there an example from generative phonology that explains this Sometimes all this theoretical stuff confuses me Is there a standard representation that combines onset, nucleus, coda with mora That would help me visualize the prosodic hierarchy better, because i could put something beneath the syllable level.
The pitch may fall across both morae, or mostly on one or the other (depending on the sequence of sounds)—that is, the first mora may end with a high falling pitch, or the second may begin with a (low) falling pitch, but the first mora will be considered accented regardless
