[Lingtyp] Stress/syllable/mora-timed languages

[Michael Fiddler]

Hi Volker,

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.

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.

Cheers,
Michael

On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 9:36 AM Volker Gast <volker.gast at uni-jena.de> wrote:

>
> Thanks!
>
> Would you have any pointers to relevant literature?
>
> Volker
> On 04.07.22 18:34, Ian Maddieson wrote:
>
> A better question to ask is whether this classification has any meaning.
> Numerous efforts to look
> for measurable properties correlating with the alleged categories have
> failed to find anything at
> all reliable. Different studies result in quite different groupings of the
> same languages.
>
> On Jul 4, 2022, at 10:26, Volker Gast <volker.gast at uni-jena.de> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> A friend has asked me if there is any way of determining how many
> languages in the world are stress/syllable/mora-timed.
>
> Is there a database with this information? Has anybody looked into this
> question?
>
> Best,
> Volker
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Michael Fiddler
PhD student
Department of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
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