text_combined: phoentics phonology r goedemans weightless segments new holland academic graphics rob goedemans weightless segments phonetic phonological study concerning metrical irrelevance syllable onsets weightless segments deals specific question arises regard stress rules quantitysensitive languages languages vowels coda consonants virtue presence absence influence weight syllable thus indirectly location word stress common knowledge onset consonants capacity question book researched within laboratory phonology framework tries answer phonetic explanation weightless behaviour syllable onsets sought durational behaviour onset nucleus coda assuming duration primary phonetic correlate phonological weight asymmetry durational behaviour subsyllabic constituents might explain observed differences potential weight series production perception experiments conducted reveal asymmetry explain task undertaken book reanalysis group mostly australian aboriginal languages degree onset influence stress rules claimed past defiance universal rule onsets count second part book general overview stress aboriginal languages shown offending languages reanalysed without reference onset influence whatsoever contents 1 introduction 2 onset durations production experiments 3 perception syllabic duration 4 exploratory psychophysics 5 role onsets stress rules 6 two case studies 7 conclusions 1998 viii 262 pp isbn 90 5569 052 x paperback lot international series 9 hil leiden university dissertation price individuals ordering directly publisher nlg 42 00 excl vat pp http www hagpub com holland academic graphics po box 53292 2505 ag hague netherlands fax 31 70 448 0177