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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--mora(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年09月03日19:34:26 星期天), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
mora (MOR-uh) noun
The unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound
or syllable.
[Latin, delay, hence, space of time.]
"I was only able to identify a small number of cases where the number of
mora on each section of the proverb is identical."
Tae-Sang Jang, A Poetic Structure in Hausa Proverbs Relevancy, Research in
African Literatures, Apr 15, 1999.
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http://wordsmith.org/words/mora.ram
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