0 Geminate speech sounds are exactly the same and one is said immediately after the other: --
geminate consonants
1 Geminates are speech sounds that are exactly the same, and one is said immediately after the other: --
The question is : what clusters are considered partial geminates and hence moraic ?
I conclude that initial geminates may be moraic in some languages but not in others.
The consistent patterning of initial geminates as moraic as discussed in 2 is well captured by the representation in (9).
In most of the cases the mean measures are virtually identical for geminates and singletons.
Understanding geminates : the evolution of consonantal length contrasts.
Partial geminates reflect the failure of a coda to a-license all but those elements that are responsible for defining nasals and\or liquids.
In other words, coda geminates would be required to contribute to syllable weight while other coda consonants would not.
Finally, when length and weight are relevant, we predict syllables containing long vowels and coda geminates to pattern to the exclusion of all other types.
