caa a22 4500 38633868X CHVBK 20180307111741.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198905 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0952675700000956 doi S0952675700000956 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0952675700000956 On clashes and lapses [Elektronische Daten] In phonology, one of the generalisations that seems to hold true across most, if not all, languages is that the overall rhythmic pattern tends to be organised such that there is an alternation of strong and weak syllables (cf. among others, Hayes 1980, 1984; Prince 1983; Selkirk 1984). In other words, languages tend to avoid strings of adjacent strong syllables, as well as strings of adjacent weak syllables. These generalisations are expressed by clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Selkirk's Principle of Rhythmic Alternation (PRA): (1) Principle of Rhythmic Alternation (Selkirk 1984: 52) a. Every strong position on a metrical level n should be followed by at least one weak position on that level b. Any weak position on a metrical level n may be preceded by at most one weak position on that level Of course, the underlying rhythmic patterns of a language are not always in conformity with the PRA. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Nespor Marina University of Amsterdam Vogel Irene University of Delaware Phonology Cambridge University Press 6/1(1989-05), 69-116 0952-6757 6:1<69 1989 6 PHO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952675700000956 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952675700000956 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nespor Marina University of Amsterdam NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vogel Irene University of Delaware NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Phonology Cambridge University Press 6/1(1989-05), 69-116 0952-6757 6:1<69 1989 6 PHO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge