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Trochee
About: Trochee is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 175 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5652 citations. The topic is also known as: choree & choreus.
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1 Jan 1995
TL;DR: This article introduced the notion of the Iambic/Trochaic law, which is a distinction between iambic and trochaic rhythm, and argued that it has pervasive effects among the rules and structures responsible for stress.
Abstract: In this account of metrical stress theory, Bruce Hayes builds on the notion that stress constitutes linguistic rhythm - that stress patterns are rhythmically organized, and that formal structures proposed for rhythm can provide a suitable account of stress. Through an extensive typological survey of word stress rules that uncovers widespread asymmetries, he identifies a fundamental distinction between iambic and trochaic rhythm, called the "Iambic/Trochaic law," and argues that it has pervasive effects among the rules and structures responsible for stress. Hayes incorporates the iambic/trochaic opposition into a general theory of word stress assignment, intended to account for all languages in which stress is assigned on phonological, as opposed to morphological, principles. His theory addresses particularly problematic areas in metrical work, such as ternary stress and unusual weight distinctions, and he proposes new theoretical accounts of them. Attempting to take more seriously the claim of generative grammar to be an account of linguistic universals, Hayes proposes analyses for the stress patterns of over 150 languages. Hayes compares his own innovative views with alternatives from the literature, allowing students to gain an overview of the field. "Metrical Stress Theory" should interest all who seek to understand the role of stress in language.
2,043 citations
TL;DR: It is argued that segmentation at strong syllables in continuous speech recognition serves the purpose of detecting the most efficient locations at which to initiate lexical access.
Abstract: A model of speech segmentation in a stress language is proposed, according to which the occurrence of a strong syllable triggers segmentation of the speech signal, whereas occurrence of a weak syllable does not trigger segmentation. We report experiments in which listeners detected words embedded in nonsense bisyllables more slowly when the bisyllable had two strong syllables than when it had a strong and a weak syllable; mint was detected more slowly in mintayve than in minlesh. According to our proposed model, this result is an effect of segmentation: When the second syllable is strong, it is segmented from the first syllable, and successful detection of the embedded word therefore requires assembly of speech material across a segmentation position. Speech recognition models involving phonemic or syllabic receding, or based on strictly left-toright processes, do not predict this result. It is argued that segmentation at strong syllables in continuous speech recognition serves the purpose of detecting the most efficient locations at which to initiate lexical access.
932 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the multiple roles of the foot within the phonological and morphological system of the Latin language and address the central issues of foot minimality and maximality, substantiating a distinction between primary and subsidiary foot formation, developing a notion of structure-changing footing, explores the preference order among quantitative repair strategies, and motivates the need for prosodically driven lexical selection devices.
Abstract: As a paradigm case of syllable weight controlling the place of prosodic prominence within the phonological word, the (ante)penultimate stress pattern of Latin and other languages (e.g., English) has played an important role in the development of modern phonology (Chomsky and Halle 1968, Prince 1976, Halle and Vergnaud 1978, McCarthy 1979, Hayes 1980, etc.). Within Metrical Theory, it has provided one of the prime examples of a foot which is left-prominent (trochaic) and responsive to syllable-internal structure (quantity-sensitive). A number of basic questions regarding the structure of this type of foot are still under discussion (Hayes 1987, 1991, Kager 1989, 1992a, McCarthy and Prince 1986, Halle and Vergnaud 1987, Prince 1990, among others). This paper attempts to advance our understanding of trochaic quantity by focussing on the multiple roles of the foot within the phonological and morphological system of the Latin language. In addressing the central issues of foot minimality and maximality, the paper substantiates a distinction between primary and subsidiary foot formation, develops a notion of structure-changing footing, explores the preference order among quantitative repair strategies, and motivates the need for prosodically-driven lexical selection devices.
294 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the mismatch negativity (MMN) paradigm was used to detect the trochaic and iambic stress patterns of two syllable items in adults as well as in 4-and 5-month-old infants.
165 citations
TL;DR: The speech/nonspeech and cross-language parallels suggest that the perception of linguistic rhythm relies largely on general auditory mechanisms, and the applicability of the iambic/trochaic law to speech segmentation is discussed.
Abstract: This study was designed to test the iambic/trochaic law, which claims that elements contrasting in duration naturally form rhythmic groupings with final prominence, whereas elements contrasting in intensity form groupings with initial prominence. It was also designed to evaluate whether the iambic/trochaic law describes general auditory biases, or whether rhythmic grouping is speech or language specific. In two experiments, listeners were presented with sequences of alternating /ga/ syllables or square wave segments that varied in either duration or intensity and were asked to indicate whether they heard a trochaic (i.e., strong-weak) or an iambic (i.e., weak-strong) rhythmic pattern. Experiment 1 provided a validation of the iambic/trochaic law in Englishs-peaking listeners; for both speech and nonspeech stimuli, variations in duration resulted in iambic grouping, whereas variations in intensity resulted in trochaic grouping. In Experiment 2, no significant differences were found between the rhythmic-grouping performances of English- and French-speaking listeners. The speech/nonspeech and cross-language parallels suggest that the perception of linguistic rhythm relies largely on general auditory mechanisms. The applicability of the iambic/trochaic law to speech segmentation is discussed.
130 citations
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