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Amele
latitude,longitude:
-5.15,145.7
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 5 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words [ 5 ]
Pattern:
leftmost heavy
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Prose Analysis [ 2 ] Attributes [ 2 ] Theoretical Analysis Computational Analysis Lects [ 11 ]

In words of all sizes, primary stress falls on the left-most heavy syllable, else on the initial syllable.

Roberts, J. A. 1987. Amele. Guildford, England: Biddles.
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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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type: quantity-sensitive unbounded (qsub)
subtype: single

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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 2 ]
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(V)(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.
297: Leftmost heavy, otherwise leftmost syllable. Stress is influenced by morphology. (Hayes 1995:297)
1987 Roberts, J. A. 1987. Amele. Guildford, England: Biddles.
1987 Roberts, J.R. (1987). Amele. Biddles, Guilford, England.
357: In monomorphemic forms stress falls on the first closed syllable (which is usually though not necessarily the last syllable in the word) or, if there is no closed syllable, then on the first syllable. (Roberts 1987:357)
duˈan cold
jaˈwalti wind from north
itiˈtom righteous
fi ˈfiji hot spring
ˈnifula species of beetle