nonesuch 19: trimoraic and quadrimoraic syllables as a normal syllable type in the native vocabulary, with moras as prosody-bearing units (not just units of syllabic weight)
- Where found
- Gilbertese (Micronesian)
- Domain
- phonology
- Subdomain
- foot structure, syllable structure
- Keywords
- syllable type
- Type
- nonesuch
- Universals violated
- none
- Source
- Blevins, Juliette & Sheldon P. Harrison (1999). Trimoraic feet in Gilbertese. Oceanic Linguistics 38: 203-230.
