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%A Steven Bird %J The Syllable: Views and Facts. %T Dschang syllable structure %X The syllable structure of Dschang is interesting for a variety of reasons. Most notable is the aspiration which can appear on most consonant types, including voiced stops. I shall argue that aspiration is best viewed as moraic, contributing to the weight of a syllable. An understanding of the syllable structure also gives valuable insights into the phonemic inventory and the distributional asymmetries, and helps to explain some curious morphophonemic vowel alternations in the imperative construction. %P 447-476 %E Harry van der Hulst %E Nancy Ritter %D 1999 %I Mouton De Gruyter %L cogprints2183