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Moraic Theory

Moraic Theory is a phonological framework that posits the mora as a fundamental prosodic unit responsible for organizing syllable weight and governing stress, tone, and timing patterns in human languages.

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Compensatory Lengthening in Moraic Phonology

Bruce Hayes · Linguistic Inquiry · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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<b>A theory of phonological weight</b> . By Larry M. Hyman (Publications in language sciences, 19.) Dordrecht, Holland, &amp; Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris, 1985. Pp. 136. <i>f</i> 40.00.

David Odden · Language · 1986 · 446 citations

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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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Syllable frequency and syllable structure in apraxia of speech

Ingrid Aichert, Wolfram Ziegler · Brain and Language · 2003 · 163 citations

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Moraic mismatches in Bantu

Larry M. Hyman · Phonology · 1992 · 144 citations

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  1. NT
    Nina Topintzi

    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    3 publications · 96 citations

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  2. BH
    Bruce Hayes

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. ME
    Mary E. Beckman

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 154 citations

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  4. JA
    Jalal Al‐Tamimi

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  5. GK
    Ghada Khattab

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    395 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    58 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    81 citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    93 citations

  5. Université Paris 8

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    45 citations

  6. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  7. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki, Greece

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  8. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    70 citations

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  1. Phonology

    15 publications · 1K citations

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  2. Linguistic Inquiry

    6 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Oceanic Linguistics

    5 publications · 270 citations

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  4. Language

    4 publications · 548 citations

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  5. Phonetica

    3 publications · 212 citations

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