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The phonology of Greek lyric meter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2005

CHRIS GOLSTON  and
TOMAS RIAD
CHRIS GOLSTON
Affiliation:
California State University, Fresno
TOMAS RIAD
Affiliation:
Stockholm University
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Abstract

The meter of Greek lyric poetry shows great variation within and between lines regarding the shape, number and combinations of basic metrical units. We offer a simplifying analysis in terms of markedness, in which meters are defined by distinctive violations of linguistic constraints controlling rhythm, layering, binarity, and alignment. The constraints that are distinctively violated in meter are low ranked in the phonology of Greek.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , March 2005 , pp. 77 - 115
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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