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Lect:
Paamese
latitude,longitude:
-16.35,168.25
Patterns [ 9 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words [ 8 ]
Pattern:
Light monosyllables do not occur
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Syllable Parameters Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 1 ]

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syllable_template: (C)V
any weight: 0
1995 Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1982 Crowley, Terry. 1982. The Paamese Language of Vanuatu. Pacific Linguistics B87. Australian National University, Canberra.
1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
178 no text
178-179: Paamese normally has antepenultimate stress but with preantepenultimate stress in exceptional forms. Where there are not enough syllables to form two feet, exceptional stems display penultimate stress. (Hayes 1995:178-179)
1982 Crowley, T. (1982). The Paamese Language of Vanuatu. Pacific Linguistics, Series B, No 87.
19: In some cases stress is distinctive. (Crowley 1982:19)
maneˈkoh darkness
viˈsokono morning
ˈmesay he is sick
ˈnatahosi he is good
toˈhulue bush vegetable type
ˈloholue uncastrated boar
ˈtaripenge lazy
vuˈasi pig