INTRODUCTION This edited volume provides a glimpse into the role played by syllable weight in a variety of phenomena in an array of African languages that span several (but not all) major language families and sub-families on the continent. Syllable weight-related topics discussed in the book’s chapters include syllabification, minimality conditions, reduplication, stress, gemination, metrificatio
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