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Lect:
Yapese (ST1)
latitude,longitude:
10,138
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 7 ]
Pattern:
STC: U/U, SPC: 12/1R
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Prose Analysis Attributes [ 1 ] Theoretical Analysis Computational Analysis Lects [ 6 ]

In all words, primary stress occurs on the final syllable if it is heavy, else on the penultimate syllable if it is heavy, else on the final syllable.

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

type: quantity-sensitive bounded (qsb)

No theoretical analysis for this pattern.

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.

1977 Jensen, J.T. (1977). Yapese Reference Grammar. University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu.
93: Words ending in a syllable with a long vowel followed by a syllable with a short vowel have penultimate stress. Words ending in a longvowel have stress on the syllable before the long vowel (!). All other words (including those which end in a long vowel closed by a consonant ed.) have final stress. Long vowels get secondary stress, as well as closed syllables. A word may have more than one secondary stress. (Jensen 1977:93)
ˈsaalap expert
ˌmoeˈroes savage
ˌmagˈpaaʔ wedding
ˈdeengkii electricity
paˈʔag my hand
chiˈbiy to lift
ˌmarunˌgaqˈgean about it