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Haspelmath at 07:38, 21 October 2007

2007-10-21T07:38:11Z

Szigetva: changed IPA symbols, and added the paragraph on French

2007-10-20T19:25:37Z

changed IPA symbols, and added the paragraph on French

Szigetva: New page: The '''minimal word constraint''' sets a minimum for the size of lexical words. In English, for example, a lexical word cannot be shorter than two moras: either a [[heavy syllable...

2007-10-20T19:12:33Z

New page: The '''minimal word constraint''' sets a minimum for the size of lexical words. In English, for example, a lexical word cannot be shorter than two moras: either a [[heavy syllable...

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The '''minimal word constraint''' sets a minimum for the size of [[lexical word]]s. In English, for example, a lexical word cannot be shorter than two [[mora]]s: either a [[heavy syllable]], that is, either a syllable with a long vowel (like ''eye'' [aI], ''go'' [goU], ''far'' [fA:]), or a [[closed syllable]] (like ''cat'' [kat], ''ate'' [Et], ''met'' [mEt]); or two [[light syllable]]s (like ''letter'' [lEt@], ''city'' [sIti]). ([[Function word]]s may be shorter than two moras, though in English this only occurs with their [[reduced form]]s: ''for'' [fO:]/[f@], ''she'' [Si:]/[Si]).

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 French, unlike English, does not possess a minimal word constraint: accordingly French lexical words may consist of a single light syllable: ''eau'' [o] `water', feu [f&oslash;] `fire', etc.
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−	The '''minimal word constraint''' sets a minimum for the size of [[lexical word]]s. In English, for example, a lexical word cannot be shorter than two [[mora]]s: either a [[heavy syllable]], that is, either a syllable with a long vowel (like ''eye'' [aI], ''go'' [~~goU~~], ''far'' [~~fA:~~]), or a [[closed syllable]] (like ''cat'' [kat], ''ate'' [Et], ''met'' [~~mEt~~]); or two [[light syllable]]s (like ''letter'' [~~lEt@~~], ''city'' [~~sIti~~]). ([[Function word]]s may be shorter than two moras, though in English this only occurs with their [[reduced form]]s: ''for'' [~~fO:~~]/[f@], ''she'' [~~Si:~~]/[Si]).	+	The '''minimal word constraint''' sets a minimum for the size of [[lexical word]]s. In English, for example, a lexical word cannot be shorter than two [[mora]]s: either a [[heavy syllable]], that is, either a syllable with a long vowel (like ''eye'' [aɪ], ''go'' [goʊ], ''far'' [fɑː]), or a [[closed syllable]] (like ''cat'' [kat], ''ate'' [ɛt], ''met'' [mɛt]); or two [[light syllable]]s (like ''letter'' [lɛtə], ''city'' [sɪti]). ([[Function word]]s may be shorter than two moras, though in English this only occurs with their [[reduced form]]s: ''for'' [fɔː]/[fə], ''she'' [ʃiː]/[ʃi], etc.).
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		+	French, unlike English, does not possess a minimal word constraint: accordingly French lexical words may consist of a single light syllable: ''eau'' [o] `water', feu [fø] `fire', etc.