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<b>Sent:</b> 31 August 2023 4:09 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lingtyp] Question about syllables</font>
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Syllable ratio? Envoyé de mon smartphone > Le 31 août 2023 à 11: 42, Eitan Grossman <eitan. grossman@ mail. huji. ac. il> a écrit : > >  > Hi all, > > Does anyone know of a simplex term that means 'number of syllables' in
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<pre style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:100%; white-space:pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word">Syllable ratio?

Envoyé de mon smartphone

> Le 31 août 2023 à 11:42, Eitan Grossman <eitan.grossman@mail.huji.ac.il> a écrit :

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> Hi all,

> Does anyone know of a simplex term that means 'number of syllables' in a given unit?  

> 'Syllabification' seems close, but that means the segmentation into syllables and not the number of syllables.

> If there isn't such a term, new inventions are welcome :)

> Eitan


> Eitan Grossman
> Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
> Department of Linguistics
> Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> Tel: +972 2 588 3809


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