[Lingtyp] Question about syllables

[Siva Kalyan]

Or how about “prosodic length”? A quick search indicates that this is typically used to mean “the number of syllables in a given unit”, though occasionally it appears to be synonymous with prosodic lengthening (of a vowel or syllable).

Siva

> On 1 Sep 2023, at 12:23 am, Nigel Vincent <nigel.vincent at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Why does it have be 'simplex'? What about 'syllable count' (compare 'word count')?
> Nigel
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> From: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org <mailto:lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org>> on behalf of Sylvain Kahane <sylvain at kahane.fr <mailto:sylvain at kahane.fr>>
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> Syllable ratio?
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> > Le 31 août 2023 à 11:42, Eitan Grossman <eitan.grossman at mail.huji.ac.il <mailto:eitan.grossman at 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 :)
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> > Eitan
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> > Eitan Grossman
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