Chapter 6
The psychological reality of syllable weight
Article outline
- 1.The psychological reality of phonological distinctions
- 2.Syllable weight in Hausa
- 3.Implicit knowledge of syllable weight and its actualization
- 3.1Performance of wedding songs by Ɗan Maraya Jos
- 3.2Perception of syllable weight
- 3.2.1A song by Alhaji Mamman Shata Katsina
- 3.2.2Poems composed by Alhaji Aƙilu Aliyu
- 3.3Actualization of latent syllable weight distinctions
- 4.Conclusion
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Notes
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References
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References to published poetic words cited