ردۀ ریتمی زبان فارسی: رویکردی واجشناختی.

In rhythmic typology, languages are categorized into stress-timed and syllable-timed types. Earlier studies have highlighted the isochrony of interstress intervals and syllables in stress-timed and syllable-timed languages, respectively. Recent studies suggest that rhythm type depends on the characteristics of the phonological system of each language. Lexically marked stress, robust correlates of stress, stress-sensitive segmental rules, and complex syllable structures are the characteristics of stress-timed languages. On the other hand, the characteristic properties of syllable-timed languages are non-lexical stress, relatively weak correlates of stress, non-application of stress-sensitive segmental rules, and simple syllable structures. The present article investigated these phonological properties in Persian. Persian has been classified as a syllable-timed language. We hypothesized that the rhythmic type of Persian is the direct consequence of its phonological properties. Evidence shows that stress plays a weak role in Persian phonology. Hence, it seems to belong to the type of syllable-timed languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]