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Lect:
Pitta Pitta
latitude,longitude:
-23,140
Patterns [ 6 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 6 ] Words [ 4 ]
Pattern:
SPC: i2@1L, no 1R
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Prose Analysis [ 4 ] Attributes [ 1 ] Theoretical Analysis Computational Analysis Lects [ 17 ]

In all words, secondary stress occurs on iteratively on odd numbered syllables, counting from the left. Secondary stress does not fall on the final syllable.

Blake, Barry. 1969. Pitta-Pitta. In Dixon, R.M.W. and Blake, Barry, eds. Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 1. pp. 182-242. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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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.
(201) Excerpt not available.
Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
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type: quantity-insensitive (qi)

No theoretical analysis for this pattern.

FSA tail

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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template Weight [ 1 ]
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes

No syllabic template information for this lect.

any weight: 0
1995 Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1969 Blake, Barry. 1969. Pitta-Pitta. In Dixon, R.M.W. and Blake, Barry, eds. Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 1. pp. 182-242. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
201 no text
201: Main stress is initial; secondary stress on the third syllable of quadrisyllables; morphology influences stress. (Hayes 1995:201)
1971 Blake, B.J. & I. Green (1971). The Pitta Pitta Dialects. Linguistic Communications 4. Monash University, Melbourne.
1979 Blake, B.J. (1979). Pitta-Pitta. In R.M.W. Dixon & B.J. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages 1, 182-242. John Benjamins, Amsterdam.
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ˈtatjiˌliŋa to eat
ˈkaɳʈaˌkaiaŋu come.past.hither