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latitude,longitude:
Pattern:
In words of all sizes, primary stress falls on the final syllable if it is heavy, else on the penultimate syllable if it is heavy, else on the penultimate syllable. In words of all sizes, secondary stress falls on all heavy syllables. In sequences of light syllables, secondary stress falls on the even numbered syllables, counting from the right edge of the sequence. Light monosyllables do not occur.
- Schutz. 1985. The Fijian Language, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
- Excerpt not available.
- Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
- Excerpt not available.
- Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- (142) Excerpt not available.
type:
quantity-sensitive bounded (qsb)
subtype:
binary
No theoretical analysis for this pattern.
Here is the result:
FSA head
FSA tail
No attributes associated with this lect.
br_onsets:
yes
closed_syll:
no
long_v:
yes
syllable_template:
(C)V or (C) VV
VV
weight:
1
V
weight:
0
1995
Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1985
Schutz. 1985. The Fijian Language, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
1985
Schutz, A.J. (1985). The Fijian Language. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
1988
Dixon, R.M.W. (1988). A Grammar of Boumaa Fijian. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
ˈmata
eye
kiˈlaː
know
maˈta ŋgu
my eye
ˌnreːˈnreː
difficult
ndaˈliŋa
ear
ˌndaliˈŋa na
her ear
̙minisiˈtaː
minister
ˌkeːˌmisitiˈriː
chemistry
ˈmbuː
grandmother
ˈmbu ŋgu
my grandmother
ˈnreː
pull
ˈnre ta
pull [transitve]