Izokronia, klasifikimi i shqipes mbështetur në veçoritë të organizimit kohor në shqipe
Isochrony, Albanian language classification based on the characteristics of time organization

Summary/Abstract: According to R. L. Trask, isochrony is a kind of speech rhythm in which units tend to be pronounced at regular intervals, so each unit is pronounced at the same time interval. As far as time organization is concerned, there are several studies on different languages, but regarding the nature of Albanian, the first study is G.M. Belluscio who in his doctoral thesis, as well as in later articles (with Romito and Mendiccino), has taken into consideration this argument to come up with his classification based on acoustic analysis and theoretical analysis. The idea that languages are distinguished by the peculiarities of the rhythm is first claimed by Lloyd James (1940), emphasizing the fact that the Spanish rhythm resembles the one of an automatic weapon, whereas English rhythm is similar to sending messages with the Morse code. Subsequently, Pike considering empirical data brought arguments in support of differences in isochrony between these languages. Hence, he would distinguish between English and Spanish, starting from the identification of pronunciation criterion of equal time segments or isochrons. As a result, he pointed out that Spanish equal segments are based on the number of syllables, while English ones are based on emphasis units, the same as in Albanian. We can also come to this conclusion based on the results of laboratory analysis.

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