The Syntax-phonology interface as the Key to Metricality: Evidence from Taiwanese Folk Songs
Based on evidence from the lyrics of Taiwanese folk songs, this paper shows how metricality is keyed to interrelations between syntax and phonology. The lyrics are shown to allow mismatches between beats and syllables, and the way that syllables and beats are aligned yields the lyric rhythm. A set o...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Kansas
1991-01-01
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| Series: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/426 |