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Lect:
Usan (ST1)
latitude,longitude:
-4.85,145.15
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 4 ]
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In progress
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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(V)(C)

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1987 Reesink, Ger P. 1987. Structures and their functions in Usan : a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
39: Stress in usan cannot be predicted. Each grammatical word may receive primary stress. Polysyllabic words in context cannot obscure their inherent stress. Monosyllabic words have their stress reduced considerably when the primary stress of a stress group is assigned somewhere else. Stress also plays a role in the morphology. (Reesink 1987:39)
ˈgugum all
guˈgum cold
ˈgobi taro seedling
goˈbi a tree