@article{hanson1996parametric,
  check = {hanson:1996:parametric},
  xn-author = {hanson, kristin},
  xn-pub = {Language : journal of the Linguistic Society of America},
  source = {jstor},
  ISSN = {0097-8507},
  abstract = {This paper presents a parametric theory of poetic meter which defines a set of formally possible meters based on the prosodic constituents and categories given by universal grammar, and a functional principle that selects an optimal meter for a particular language on the basis of its lexical phonological structure. We support this theory by a detailed analysis of a favored meter in Finnish, a stress-based meter in which syllable count varies in accord with constraints on syllable weight, and show why partially similar meters are likewise favored in English.},
  author = {{Hanson, Kristin} and {Kiparsky, Paul}},
  copyright = {Copyright 1996 Linguistic Society of America},
  journal = {Language},
  jstor_articletype = {Full Length Article},
  jstor_date = {199606},
  jstor_formatteddate = {Jun., 1996},
  month = {jun},
  number = {2},
  pages = {287--335},
  publisher = {Linguistic Society of America},
  title = {A Parametric Theory of Poetic Meter},
  url = {http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0097-8507%28199606%2972%3A2%3C287%3AAPTOPM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23},
  volume = {72},
  year = {1996},
}