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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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006