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Moraic Segmentation

Moraic Segmentation is a phonological analysis method that divides syllables into morae—the minimal timing units in a language's prosodic structure—based on language-specific rules for assigning syllable weight and determining stress or accent placement.

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2017–2026

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Mora or Syllable? Speech Segmentation in Japanese

Takashi Otake, Giyoo Hatano, Anne Cutler et al. · Journal of Memory and Language · 1993 · 398 citations · Full text

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Word-minimality, Epenthesis and Coda Licensing in the Early Acquisition of English

Katherine Demuth, Jennifer Culbertson, Jennifer Alter · Language and Speech · 2006 · 246 citations · Full text

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Syllable weight: convergence of phonology and phonetics

Ellen Broselow, Su-I Chen, Marie K. Huffman · Phonology · 1997 · 202 citations

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On the representation of initial geminates

Stuart Davis · Phonology · 1999 · 99 citations

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Kiput Historical Phonology

Robert Blust · Oceanic Linguistics · 2002 · 58 citations

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Authors

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  1. RB
    Robert Blust

    University of Hawaii–West Oahu, United States

    2 publications · 74 citations

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  2. AC
    Anne Cutler

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    2 publications · 440 citations

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  3. TO
    Takashi Otake

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    1 publications · 398 citations

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  4. AL
    Anatoly Liberman

    University of Minnesota, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  5. MW
    Matthew Wolf

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Hong Kong Baptist University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  2. Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    738 citations

  4. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    606 citations

  5. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  6. Dokkyo University

    Saitama, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    796 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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  1. Oceanic Linguistics

    2 publications · 74 citations

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  2. Language and Speech

    2 publications · 288 citations

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  3. Phonology

    2 publications · 301 citations

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  4. Journal of Memory and Language

    1 publications · 398 citations

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