Empirical evidence? But no acoustic evidence for meter in speech Stress-timed languages: intervals between stressed syllables not equal Syllable-timed languages: successive syllables not equal in length Nor are intervals between stressed languages more regular in stressed than in syllable-timed languages a But languages do sound rhythmically different-why?◼ But no acoustic evidence for meter in speech Stress-timed languages: intervals between stressed syllables not equal Syllable-timed languages: successive syllables not equal in length ◼ Nor are intervals between stressed languages more regular in stressed￾than in syllable-timed languages ◼ But languages do sound rhythmically different - why? Empirical evidence?