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Lect:
Murik
latitude,longitude:
-3.9,144
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 6 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 6 ]
Pattern:
Murik
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Prose Analysis [ 2 ] Attributes [ 2 ] Theoretical Analysis Computational Analysis Lects [ 1 ]

In words of all sizes, primary stress falls on the left-most heavy syllable, else on the initial syllable. There is no secondary stress. At most one heavy syllable may occur per word.

Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
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Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
(297) Excerpt not available.
type: quantity-sensitive unbounded (qsub)
subtype: single

No theoretical analysis for this pattern.



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Syllable Parameters [ 3 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 2 ]
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)(C)V(C)(C)
VV weight: 1
V weight: 0
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.
297 no text
297: Stress leftmost heavy syllable, otherwise the leftmost syllable (Hayes 1995:297)
1985 Abott, S. (1985). A Tentative Multilevel Multiunit Phonological Analysis of the Murik Language. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 22, Pacific Linguistics, series A-63, 339-373.
ˈdamag garden
yaˈgoːt sick
dɪsiˈuːtʰ sea waves
anənpʰaˈřɛːtʰ lightning
ˈnuŋgunsařagatʰ green
ˈsař stomach