- phonology - What is a mora? - Linguistics Stack Exchange
What is a mora? I tried to read the Wikipedia article that answers this question, but found it difficult to understand Ditto with the related LSE question: Is the concept of syllables pronuncia
- The relationship between Mora-timed languages, long vowels and . . .
The following linguistic forum also recognizes that Lithuanian is a Mora-timed language, just like classical Latin, Greek, Sanskrit and Japanese Therefore, in Balto-Slavo-Germanic, are there more Mora-timed languages (whether historical or modern)? My second doubt is the relationship between Mora-timed and quantitative verse
- Mora County, NM population by year, race, more | USAFacts
The ages, races, and population density of Mora County, New Mexico tell a story Understand the shifts in demographic trends with these charts visualizing decades of population data
- What is the US infant mortality rate? - USAFacts
In 2022, 5 60 out of every 1,000 infants in the US passed away before their first birthday, marginally more than 2021’s 5 44 out of 1,000 This is known as the US infant mortality rate, and it’s one of the markers officials use to measure American society's health The rate has improved in recent decades thanks to several advancements — dropping 85% between 1940 and 2005, thanks to
- Components that comprise a syllable - Linguistics Stack Exchange
Is there a standard representation that combines onset, nucleus, coda with mora? That would help me visualize the prosodic hierarchy better, because I could put something beneath the syllable level
- Does Japanese always emphasize the first syllable?
The pitch may fall across both morae, or mostly on one or the other (depending on the sequence of sounds)—that is, the first mora may end with a high falling pitch, or the second may begin with a (low) falling pitch, but the first mora will be considered accented regardless The Japanese describe this as 頭高 atamadaka (literally, "head-high")
- Is syllable-timing in Indo-Aryan languages due to contact with . . .
Some Dravidian languages, such as Tamil and Telugu, are mora-timed, which in recent research on speech rhythm has been called super-syllable-timed Due to persistent and intensive language contact, Indian languages share many features This prompted Emeneau 1 to describe these languages as belonging to a common linguistic area or sprachbund
- phonology - Does the analysis of syllables via mora imply that syllable . . .
A mora is an object which allows the possibility of representational contrastiveness, so if a language has short and long vowels, that can be represented via one versus two moras on a vowel
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