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Lect:
Dani, Lower Grand Valley
latitude,longitude:
-4,138
Patterns [ 6 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 2 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
U1R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
None
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto final ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Lower Grand Valley Dani) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 1 ]
closed_syll: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(V)(C)
any weight: 0
1981 Bromley, Myron. 1981. A grammar of Lower Grand Valley Dani. Canberra: Australian National University.
2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1961 Bromley, H.M. (1961). The Phonology of Lower Grand Valley Dani, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal, Land en Volkenkunde 34. The Hague: M.Nijhoff
49-50: The phonological word consists of a syllable or group of syllables with only one primary word stress. Since this stress occurs on final syllables of words in most cases and in most other cases is followed by stressless syllables which are distinguishable from pre-stress syllables of other words, symbolization of primary stress is unnecessary. Stressless syllables following the primary stress are clitics. In most words of three or more syllables not in the final contour of a sentence, the initial syllable is pronounced with somewhat increased loudness and a secondary upward pitch glide. The middle syllable or syllables are shorter, lower and less stress than either the first or the final syllable. (Bromley 1961:49-50)
pɪˈrɜ two
ˌhɪpˌɪˈrɪ̤ka sweet potato leaf