<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Volker, <br></div><div><br></div><div>The attached references review much of the previous literature on the topic and describe the recurrent problems in identifying measurable correlates of the purported rhythm classes. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I would also point out that the research on rhythm classes has worked almost exclusively with languages of Eurasia. I imagine the results would be even more chaotic if this supposedly universal distinction had been evaluated using sets of languages that were actually representative of the areal and typological diversity that's out there.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, <br></div><div>Michael<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 9:36 AM Volker Gast <<a href="mailto:volker.gast@uni-jena.de">volker.gast@uni-jena.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Would you have any pointers to relevant literature?</p>
<p>Volker<br>
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<div>On 04.07.22 18:34, Ian Maddieson wrote:<br>
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A better question to ask is whether this classification has any
meaning. Numerous efforts to look
<div>for measurable properties correlating with the
alleged categories have failed to find anything at</div>
<div>all reliable. Different studies result in quite
different groupings of the same languages.<br>
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<div>On Jul 4, 2022, at 10:26, Volker Gast <<a href="mailto:volker.gast@uni-jena.de" target="_blank">volker.gast@uni-jena.de</a>>
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<p>Dear all,<br>
A friend has asked me if there is any way of
determining <span>how many languages in the world
are stress/syllable/mora-timed.</span></p>
<p><span>Is there a database with this
information? Has anybody looked into this question?<br>
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<p><span>Best,<br>
Volker<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Michael Fiddler</div><div>PhD student</div><div>Department of Linguistics</div><div>University of California, Santa Barbara<br></div></div></div>