Question

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Diacritic weight equals lexical marking. Rhythmic weight was assumed for count systems (cf. Chapter 15, §2.2). The first-mentioned category, intrinsic weight, needs some further comment. The intrinsic properties that determine weight can differ from one language to the next. An important determinant of weight is vowel length, closely followed by syllable closure. In principle, the two factors are independent, but often both long vowels and closing consonants will cause syllables to be heavy for primary and/or secondary stress in one and the same language, leaving the light category for open, short-voweled syllables. Vowel length and syllable closure are sometimes referred to as quantitative weight.

It is generally assumed that syllables are divided into an onset (prevocalic part) and a rhyme (the rest), and that the latter part has a nucleus (vocalic part) and a coda (post-vocalic consonant). This can be shown by the following representations, which are relevant for the purposes of quantity: