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Lect:
Maori
latitude,longitude:
-40,176
Patterns [ 5 ] Attributes Syllables [ 4 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
F/F12..89/12..89/1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
Not included
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto Maori ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Maori) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template Weight [ 3 ]
long_v: yes

No syllabic template information for this lect.

VV weight: 2
ViVj weight: 1
V 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.
51 no text
51: Major stress will fall on the first syllable containing a geminate cluster (i.e. long vowel), if none, then on the first syllable with a non-identical vowel cluster, ad if none, then on the first syllable ( Hyman 1977:51)
1967 Hohepa, P.W. (1967). A Profile Generative Grammar of Maori. In: International Journal of American Linguistics, Memoir 20.
  Ngata, A (n.d.) Maori Grammar and Conversation. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs.
8: Main stress is initial. (Ngata n.d.:8)
ˈtangata man
ˈpapa a slab
ˈkukume to pull
ˈiwa nine