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Lect:
Dyirbal
latitude,longitude:
-17.5,146
Patterns [ 5 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 3 ]
Pattern:
Left, trochaic, iterative (v1)
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Left, trochaic, iterative (v1) theory: StressTyp Parameters

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

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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