An exploration of the rhythm of Malay

• Main Authors: Wan Ahmad, Wan Aslynn Salwani, Docherty, G. J, Samoylova, Ekaterina
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/74468/1/BAAP_2010.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74468/7/74468.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74468/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

In recent years there has been a surge of interest in speech rhythm. However we still lack a clear understanding of the nature of rhythm and rhythmic differences across languages. Various metrics have been proposed as means for measuring rhythm on the phonetic level and making typological comparison...