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Lect:
Munsee
latitude,longitude:
40,-74.3
Patterns [ 8 ] Attributes Syllables [ 5 ] Sources [ 6 ] Words [ 3 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
L (CNT)
 ≥1 syllable dominant
primary
STCSPC
I/S12/2L
 ≤2 syllables dominant
primary
STCSPC
23@sR
 ≥3 syllables dominant
secondary Left, iambic, iterative, QS (v2) ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
None
 ≤2 syllables dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i(H',LX')L, no 1R
 ≥3 syllables dominant
in_toto rightmost non-final secondary-stressed; alt, weighted secondary ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Munsee) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 3 ] Syllabic Template Weight [ 2 ]
closed_syll: yes
geminates: yes
long_v: yes

No syllabic template information for this lect.

VX weight: 1
V weight: 0
1995 Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1979 Goddard, Ives. 1979. Delaware Verbal Morphology. Garland Publishing, New York.
1982 Goddard, Ives. 1982. The Historical Phonology of Munsee. International Journal of American Linguistics 48. 16-48.
1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
211 no text
211-215: Since the strong vowels that lack main stress resist reduction processes, it is plausible to suppose that they bear secondary stress (Hayes 1995:211-215)
1982 Goddard, I. (1982). The Historical Phonology of Munsee. In: International Journal of American Linguistics 48:1, pp 16-48.
1979 Goddard, I. (1979). Delaware Verbal Morphology. Garland Publishing, New York
wəˌlamaˈləsəw he is well
ˌnoːlaˈmaləˌsi i am well
nəˌkakəˈtakəˌka i do a fast dance