Rara #18

Legacy number: 18

 Number  18
 Phenomenon  a ternary constraint on prosodic word size:
minimal word must be a trimoraic foot
 Found in  Gilbertese (Micronesian)
 Domain  phonology — foot structure
 Type  nonesuch
 Keywords  prosodic word, minimal word, trimoraic foot
 Source  Blevins, Juliette & Sheldon P. Harrison (1999). Trimoraic feet in Gilbertese. Oceanic Linguistics 38: 203-230.
 Violates  none

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