--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...> wrote:

> "Mora" is a technical term in phonological analysis, and it has

nothing

> to do with writing.

'Abugida' is the Ethiopic syllabary, and has nothing to do with
Devanagari. Surely you (PTD) must understand the transference of terms!

> To learn what it means, study Jim McCawley's MIT
> dissertation on Japanese phonology (pub. Mouton, 1965 -- I think it's
> called *The Phonological Component of a Grammar of Japanese*) or his
> student, my classmate, Tim Vance's book on Japanese phonology.

Or a description of Greek or Lithuanian accentuation!

Richard.