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Pattern:
In words of all sizes, primary stress falls 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, secondary stress falls on all heavy syllables. Light monosyllables do not occur.
- Churchward, C. Maxwell. 1953. Tongan Grammar. Oxford University Press, London.
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- 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.
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type:
quantity-sensitive bounded (qsb)
No theoretical analysis for this pattern.
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FSA head
FSA tail
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1995
Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1953
Churchward, C. Maxwell. 1953. Tongan Grammar. Oxford University Press, London.
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