Mora (definition)

The mora is a unit of structure or weight of syllables. Simple syllables with a single monophthongal vowel, and no coda are said to have one mora (as in ba). Syllables with a long vowel (as in Gaelic bà) or a coda consonant (as in bean) have two.

See Also

• Syllable (definition)
• Coda (definition)
• Onset (definition)
• Nucleus (definition)
• Rhyme (definition)

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)

References

• Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.