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Exceptional (Yupik, St. Lawrence Island)

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Yupik, St. Lawrence Island; Central Siberian (currently viewing)

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closed_syll: yes

geminates: yes

long_v: yes

syllable_template: (C)V(V)(C)

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1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

240-242: All long vowels are stressed plus the even numbered syllables of a light syllable string. Word final syllables are not stressed. (Hayes 1995:240-242)

1975 Krauss, M. (1975). St Lawrence Island Eskimo Phonology and orthography. Linguistics 152, 39-72

1984 Jacobson, S.A. (1984). The stress conspiracy and stress repelling bases in Central Yupik and Siberian Yupik Eskimo languages. IJAL 50:3, 312-324.

318: Stress heavy syllables and alternates thereafter except the last. Initial vowels are lengthened if failing to do so would mean a stress shift from stem to suffix. Even syllables in light syllable strings are also stressed. (Jacobson 1984:318)

1985 Jacobson, S.A. (1985). Siberian Yupik and Central Yupik Prosody. In: M. Krauss (ed.) Yupik Eskimo Prosodic Systems: Descriptive and Comparative Studies. Alaska Native Language Center, Fairbanks. 25-46.

aŋˈyaχɬaχˈɬaŋyuxtuq he wants to make a big boat

ˈaːŋqaχˈɬaχɬaŋˈyuxtuq he wants to make a big ball

ˈŋaːŋa his mother

aˈtaːta uncle

ˈtuːˈnaːɣaː he'll give it

ˈaatqaqa it is my name

ˈaangelˈlequq it will be big

aˈtelguuq he has a name

kina who

pinguq he gets something

sallek broken ice

qaˈyani qaˈyaːni his own kayak

saˈɤuˈyaːni saˈɤuːˈyaːni in his [another's] drum

qaˈyaːni qaˈyaːːni in his [another's] drum

ategh ˈaatqaqa it is my name

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