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Lect:
Miwok, Central Sierra
latitude,longitude:
38,-120
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 4 ]
Pattern:
STC: I/S, SPC: 12/2L
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In all words, primary stress occurs on the initial syllable if it is heavy, else on the peninitial syllable if it is heavy, else on the peninitial syllable.

No sources or passages associated with this pattern in this lect.

type: quantity-sensitive bounded (qsb)
Left, QS, iambic if LL, left if HH, right EM theory: StressTyp Parameters
Left, QS, iambic if LL, left if HH (v2) theory: StressTyp Parameters

FSA tail

fsa_tail

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

No syllabic template information for this lect.

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
261: The initial syllable is stressed if it is heavy, otherwise the second syllable is stressed. This can be analysed by constructing an iamb at the left edge of the word. (Hayes 1995:261)
1951 Freeland, L.S. (1951). Language of the Sierra Miwok. Memoir 6 of the International Journal of American Linguistics.
1960 Freeland, L.S. & S.M. Broadbent (1960). Central Sierra Miwok Dictionary, with texts. UCPL 23. Berkeley: University of California Press.
taˈnaːja evening star
kuˈmaʔsa aunt
ˈkoːkotʃu clover
ˈnopta to drop