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Lect:
Muskogee; Creek
latitude,longitude:
35.5,-97
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 1 ] Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 11 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
L (CNT)
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Left, iambic, iterative, QS (v2) ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Muskogee) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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syllable_template: CV CVC CV:

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1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
64-67: If a word consists of only light syllables, accent will fall on the penult when the total number of syllables is odd and on the final syllable when the total number of syllables is even. If a simple word ends in a heavy syllable, that syllable will receive main stress. Simplex words ending in HL receive penultimate stress. If a word has a heavy syllable somewhere, followed by several lights, one can compute stress starting from the heavy one. The accent is tonal. (Hayes 1995:64-67)
1977 Haas, M. (1977). Tonal Accent in Creek. In: L. Hyman (ed.) Studies in Stress and Accent, 195-208. Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics, no 4, University of Southern California, LA.
apataˈka pancake
am apaˈtaka our pancake
koˈfotʃka mint
iˈfa dog
iˈfoci puppy
poˈcoswa axe
taːshoˈkita to jump
hokˈtiː woman
tiːniːtˈkiː thunder
iŋkosapiˈta one to implore
taːskiˈta to jump