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Lect:
Maidu, Mountain
latitude,longitude:
39.3,-120.3
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 5 ] Sources [ 5 ] Words [ 10 ]
Pattern:
In progress
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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 2 ]
closed_syll: yes
geminates: yes
syllable_template: CV(C)
VC 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.
261 no text
261: Stress falls on an initial heavy syllable, otherwise on the second syllable. A large number of stems have lexicalized initial stress. Stressed vowels become long in open syllables.. (Hayes 1995:261)
1964 Shipley, William F. 1964. Maidu Grammar. University of California Publications in Linguistics 41. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
13: Stress falls on an initial heavy syllable, otherwise on the second syllable. A large number of stems have lexicalized initial stress. Stressed vowels become long in open syllables.. (Shipley 1964:13)
1964 Shipley, W.F. (1964). Maidu Grammar. University of California Publications in Linguistics 41. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
1991 Robbins, S. (1991). Lexicalized Metrical Foot Structure in Maidu. In A. Mester & S. Robbins (eds.) Phonology at Santa Cruz 2, 95-116. Syntax Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz.
ˈʔo rock
ˈsol sing
kyˈle woman
ˈjukbom bear dance
wiˈsetpem frightened
ˈsyndaˌka forehead
caˈtataˌk'a rattlesnake
ˈʔomkaˌnajdi under the rock
ˈhukitsa solitary
ˈwepa coyote