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Dyirbal
latitude,longitude:
-17.5,146
Patterns [ 5 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 3 ]
Pattern:
STC: I, SPC: 1L
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In all words, primary stress occurs on the initial syllable.

Hyman, Larry. 1977. On the nature of linguistic stress. Studies in stress and accent: Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics 4 ed. by Larry Hyman. Los Angeles: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Southern California.
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Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
Excerpt not available.
type: quantity-insensitive (qi)
Left, trochaic if LL (v1) theory: StressTyp Parameters
Left, trochaic if LL (v2) theory: StressTyp Parameters
Left, trochaic if LL, left if HH theory: StressTyp Parameters

FSA tail

fsa_tail

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template Weight [ 1 ]
closed_syll: yes

No syllabic template information for this lect.

any weight: 0
1995 Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1977 Hyman, Larry. 1977. On the nature of linguistic stress. Studies in stress and accent: Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics 4 ed. by Larry Hyman. Los Angeles: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Southern California.
42: Primary stress is initial and is echoed on odd-numbered syllables. Final syllables are never stressed. (Hyman 1977:42)
1972 Dixon, R.M.W. (1972). The Dyirbal Language of North Queensland. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 9, CUP, Cambridge.
274: The first syllable of every morpheme is stressed, and odd-numbered syllables thereafter. Main stress is word initial. (Dixon 1972:274)
274/5: Word-final syllables are always unstressed, no consecutive syllables may be stressed. (Dixon 1972:274/5)
ˈgumburu mountain mist
ˈɲinay ˌmariɲu sit [com.instr.refl]
ˈgiriɲˈgiriɲ sharp scream