Re: [tied] the rhythm and stress in Latin

I forgot to suggest an easily accessible online reference. John Hutton's website contains a very competent and not overly technical introduction to metrical phonology:

http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/lane/xvv88/Home/phon/mp01.htm

-- and follow the links at the bottom of the page.

Piotr

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski

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Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 3:20 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] the rhythm and stress in Latin

Metrical phonology is a young discipline: new ideas keep coming and going, and fashions change just about every decade. Bruce Hayes's excellent and influential book _Metrical Stress Theory: Principles and Case Studies_ (1995, University of Chicago Press) is still considered standard. Armin R. Mester published a very interesting paper on Latin stress in 1994: "The Quantitative Trochee in Latin", in _Natural Language and Linguistic Theory_ 12/1: 1-61. Iambic shortening and related phenomena (Plautinian word-internal shortenings, etc.) are discussed there.

Piotr

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From: P&G

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Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 11:50 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] the rhythm and stress in Latin

Thanks Piotr - that's helpful. It shows how out of touch I am now! Do you have a reference I can follow up?