Universal #1715
Legacy number: 1715
| Number | 1710 |
| Original | The Attractiveness of Rhymes: A rhyme is the more attractive: (a) the more heavily its syllable is accented relative to the following syllable, (b) the shorter it is, and (c) the less the Consonantal Strength of its elements is, especially towards its offset. |
| Standardized | The Attractiveness of Rhymes: A rhyme is the more attractive: (a) the more heavily its syllable is accented relative to the following syllable, (b) the shorter it is, and (c) the less the Consonantal Strength of its elements is, especially towards its offset. |
| Keywords | syllable, rhyme, consonant, strength, sonority, complexity, accent |
| Domain | prosodic phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Vennemann 1988, with special reference to German, Germanic, Italian, and Latin |
| Source | Vennemann 1988: 61 |
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