1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 815: mora ⇒ ¬ monosyllabic tonal L Posted in Universals Archive Universal 815: mora ⇒ ¬ monosyllabic tonal L Original Mora occurs only in non-monosyllabic tonal languages. Standardized IF moras matter [for what?], THEN the language is non-monosyllabic and tonal. Keywords mora, monosyllabic, tone Domain phonology, morphology Type implication Status achronic Quality almost absolute Basis unspecified Source Décsy 1987: 73 Counterexamples Latvian (Baltic, Indo-European), Chinese (Sinitic, Sino-Tibetan) (but the morae are not used for combinatory differentiations there, for which bi- and polysyllabicity is a precondition). Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP Examples given are Classical Greek, Lithuanian (both Indo-European), and Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan). 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP Examples given are Classical Greek, Lithuanian (both Indo-European), and Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan). 1. May 2020
Examples given are Classical Greek, Lithuanian (both Indo-European), and Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan).