StressTyp2

Pattern:

In words of three or more syllables, primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable. In words of two or fewer syllables, primary stress falls on the initial syllable. There is no secondary stress. Light monosyllables do not occur.

Crowley, Terry. 1982. The Paamese Language of Vanuatu. Pacific Linguistics B87. Australian National University, Canberra.: 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.: (178) Excerpt not available.

type: quantity-insensitive (qi)

subtype: single

No theoretical analysis for this pattern.

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syllable_template: (C)V

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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

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