Speech rhythm ypothesIs: two types of meter in the worlds languages Stress-timing and syllable-timing Stress-timing: Equal intervals between prominent syllables Prototypical languages: English, Dutch. German Syllable-timing equal syllable durations Prototypical languages: French, Spanish All languages of the world are said to fall into one group or the otherHypothesis: two types of meter in the world’s languages: Stress-timing and syllable-timing Stress-timing: Equal intervals between prominent syllables Prototypical languages: English, Dutch, German Syllable-timing Equal syllable durations Prototypical languages: French, Spanish All languages of the world are said to fall into one group or the other Speech Rhythm