Re: Stress question
| From: | dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 25, 2001, 22:30 |
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Matthew Kehrt wrote:
> Ummm...
> What exactly is a mora?
> hmm?
A mora is a unit of syllable weight, usually interpreted in a
way that assigns two morae to long vowels (and sometimes closed
syllables), and one mora to a short vowel.
It's that simple.
> -M
Dirk
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