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(New page: A '''heavy syllable''' is a syllable that is more than one mora long. A heavy syllable contains either a long vowel or a coda consonant. (The latter case is called a [[closed...)
 
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A '''heavy syllable''' is a [[syllable]] that is more than one [[mora]] long.  A heavy syllable contains either a long vowel or a [[coda]] consonant.  (The latter case is called a [[closed syllable]].)  The English words ''eye'' [aɪ] and ''cat'' [kat] exemplify the two types of heavy syllable.  A syllable shorter than a heavy syllable is called a [[light syllable]].
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A '''heavy syllable''' is a [[syllable]], whose [[syllable weight|weight]] is more than one [[mora]].  A heavy syllable contains either a long vowel or a [[coda]] consonant.  (The latter case is called a [[closed syllable]].)  The English words ''eye'' [aɪ] and ''cat'' [kat] exemplify the two types of heavy syllable.  A syllable shorter than a heavy syllable is called a [[light syllable]].
  
 
Sometimes a syllable which is longer than two moras is called a [[superheavy syllable]].  Such a syllable contains either a long vowel ''and'' a coda consonant, or a short vowel and two coda consonants.
 
Sometimes a syllable which is longer than two moras is called a [[superheavy syllable]].  Such a syllable contains either a long vowel ''and'' a coda consonant, or a short vowel and two coda consonants.
  
 
In some languages (e.g., in English), word-final consonants do not contribute to syllable weight.  The last syllable of the verb ''develop'' behaves as if light (although it is a closed syllable).  This phenomenon is standardly explained by claiming that the word-final consonant is [[extrametricality|extrametrical]].
 
In some languages (e.g., in English), word-final consonants do not contribute to syllable weight.  The last syllable of the verb ''develop'' behaves as if light (although it is a closed syllable).  This phenomenon is standardly explained by claiming that the word-final consonant is [[extrametricality|extrametrical]].

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A heavy syllable is a syllable, whose weight is more than one mora. A heavy syllable contains either a long vowel or a coda consonant. (The latter case is called a closed syllable.) The English words eye [aɪ] and cat [kat] exemplify the two types of heavy syllable. A syllable shorter than a heavy syllable is called a light syllable.

Sometimes a syllable which is longer than two moras is called a superheavy syllable. Such a syllable contains either a long vowel and a coda consonant, or a short vowel and two coda consonants.

In some languages (e.g., in English), word-final consonants do not contribute to syllable weight. The last syllable of the verb develop behaves as if light (although it is a closed syllable). This phenomenon is standardly explained by claiming that the word-final consonant is extrametrical.