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1995
Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1995
Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Stress leftmost heavy syllable, otherwise leftmost syllable. (Hayes 1995:297)
297:
Non-moraic prominence distinctions (Hayes 1995:297)
1985
Scorza, D. 1985. A sketch of Au morphology and syntax. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics [Pacific Linguistics A63. Canberra: Australian National University], 22, 215-273.
1985
Scorza, D. (1985). A sketch of Au Morphology and Syntax. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 22, Pacific Linguistics, series A-63, 215-273.
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Stress normally occurs on the first syllable of a word. The high central unrounded vowel and the mid central unrounded vowel are never stressed unless these are the only vowels in the word, in which case stress is initial. In other cases stress is on the first other vowel. (Scorza 1985:219)
ˈmɨtʌ
woman
ˈpʌrpʌrʌ
flying fox
kɨˈsawɨn
he hides
kʌˈwat
he gives