StressTyp2

Pattern:

In words of all sizes, primary stress falls on the right-most superheavy syllable, else 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, there is no secondary stress. Light monosyllables do not occur.

England, Nora. 1983. A Grammar of Mam, a Mayan Language. University of Texas Press, Austin.: 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.: (282) Excerpt not available.

type: quantity-sensitive unbounded (qsub)

subtype: single

No theoretical analysis for this pattern.

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Mam (currently viewing)

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closed_syll: yes

long_v: yes

syllable_template: (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C) at least

V? weight: 2

VV weight: 2

VC weight: 1

V weight: 0

1995 Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.

1983 England, Nora. 1983. A Grammar of Mam, a Mayan Language. University of Texas Press, Austin.

1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

282 no text

1983 England, Nora (1983), A Grammar of Mam, a Mayan Language. University of Texas Press, Austin

37: If a word contains a long vowel, it is stressed. If the word contains no long vowel, stress is placed on the last syllable that is closed by a glottal stop. If these two rules do not apply stress falls on the vowel preceding the last consonant of the stem. (England 1983:37)

ʔaˈʠuːntl work

waʠˈnaːya i worked

puʔˈlaʔ dipper

ʂ̌piˈtʃaʠ racoon

ˈspikʸˀa clear

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