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Lect:
Nepali
latitude,longitude:
28,85
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 1 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I/I12/1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Nepali) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template Weight
long_v: yes

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1995 Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1981 Hayes, Bruce. 1981. A metrical theory of stress rules. 1980. Ph.D. thesis, MIT.
66: Stress is initial except in cases where the first vowel is short and the second vowel is long (Hayes 1980:66)
1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
93 no text
1949 Meerendonk, M. (1949). Basic Gurkhali Grammar. (4th ed. 1971), Sen Wah Press and Co. Singapore
6: ; in the latter case, stress falls on the second syllable. (Meerendonk 1949:6)

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