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Lect:
Kawaiisu
latitude,longitude:
35,-117.7
Patterns [ 5 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words [ 5 ]
Pattern:
Light monosyllables do not occur
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Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(V)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1995 Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
181 no text
181: Final stress is derived when the final syllable is heavy, otherwise penultimate stress. (Hayes 1995:181)
1990 Zigmond, Mauricew L., Curtis G. Booth, and Pamela Munro. 1990. Kawaiisu: A Grammar and Dictionary, University of California Publications in Linguistics 119, University of California Press, Berekeley and Los Angeles.
1990 Zigmund, M.L., C.G. Booth & P. Munro (1990). Kawaiisu: A Grammar and Dictionary. University of California Publications in Linguistics 119. University of California Press, Berkely & Los Angeles.
6: Stress falls on the penultimate mora of the word. Hence, most words are stressed on the penultimate syllable, but words with final long vowels have final stress. Vowel initial pronominal clitics (even disyllabic ones) are treated as single moras in stress assignment. (Zigmund et. al. 1990:6)
ʔaˈtaavi tree worm
ʔikɨˈvadɨ finger
paaˈyaa surface, front, wall
kaʔaˈpɨ.ni my food
kaʔaˈpɯ.ana his food