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Lect:
Dyirbal
latitude,longitude:
-17.5,146
Patterns [ 5 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 3 ]
Pattern:
initial; alt secondary [right]
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In words of all sizes, primary stress falls on the initial syllable. In words of all sizes, secondary stress falls iteratively on odd numbered syllables, counting from the left. Secondary stress does not fall on the final 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.
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type: quantity-insensitive (qi)
subtype: binary

No theoretical analysis for this pattern.



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FSA head

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FSA tail

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

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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